Jentzsch
[jɛnt͡ʃ]
The verdict
“Jentzsch” is uncommon German (frequency #94,464 among 7,951 “J” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,464
- frequency rank, German
- 7,951
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Familienname, Nachname
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Jentzsch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [jɛnt͡ʃ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #94,464 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Jentzsch” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Jentzsch is uncommon German at frequency #94,464 among 7,951 “J” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [jɛnt͡ʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Familienname, Nachname".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Jentzsch in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Jentzsch, spelled J-E-N-T-Z-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1Familienname, Nachname
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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Using “Jentzsch”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is J-E-N-T-Z-S-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.