Jensen
[ˈjɛnzn̩]
The verdict
“Jensen” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #17,044. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,044
- frequency rank, German
- 699
- “J” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - deutscher Nachname, Familienname
Corpus desk
Index DE-jensen · Jensen · German
Jensen · rank #17,044 · 9 variants · 15 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,044
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 699
- PHOTO-FINISH islamistische
Nearest frequency peer: islamistische (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Jensen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- interaktive
interaktive
82,960 corpus weight
- iranische
iranische
82,959 corpus weight
- islamistisc…
islamistische
82,958 corpus weight
- Jensen
Jensen
82,957 corpus weight
- Kafka
Kafka
82,956 corpus weight
- Kaiserreich
Kaiserreich
82,955 corpus weight
What this shows „Jensen“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Jensen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈjɛnzn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #17,044 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Jensen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Jensen (IPA [ˈjɛnzn̩]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #17,044 among 699 “J” headwords. Dominant gloss: "deutscher Nachname, Familienname".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Jensen, with forms such as "ejnsen", "jenesn", and "jennsen". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "Jungen", "Jersey", "Jessen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Jensen, spelled J-E-N-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1deutscher Nachname, Familienname
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ejnsen
- jenesn
- jennsen
- jensenn
- jensne
- jenssen
- jesnen
- jjensen
- jnesen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Jensen - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Jensen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).