Jericho
[ˈjeːʁɪço]
The verdict
“Jericho” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #33,135. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,135
- frequency rank, German
- 7,951
- “J” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine Stadt im Westjordanland; oft älteste Stadt der Welt genannt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Jericho |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈjeːʁɪço] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #33,135 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Jericho” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Jericho (IPA [ˈjeːʁɪço]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #33,135 among 7,951 “J” headwords. Dominant gloss: "eine Stadt im Westjordanland; oft älteste Stadt der Welt genannt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Jericho, with forms such as "ejricho", "jeircho", and "jerciho". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Jericho, spelled J-E-R-I-C-H-O.
Definition
- 1eine Stadt im Westjordanland; oft älteste Stadt der Welt genannt
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ejricho
- jeircho
- jerciho
- jericcho
- jerichho
- jericoh
- jerihco
- jerricho
- jjericho
- jreicho
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Jericho - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “Jericho”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is J-E-R-I-C-H-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈjeːʁɪço] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.