Jerichow

[ˈjeːʁɪço]

/[ˈjeːʁɪço]/ name

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The verdict

“Jerichow” is uncommon German (frequency #75,821 among 699 “J” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,821
frequency rank, German
699
“J” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Stadt in Sachsen-Anhalt, Deutschland

Corpus desk

Index DE-jerichow · Jerichow · German

Jerichow · rank #75,821 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,821
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 699
  • PHOTO-FINISH jehle

Nearest frequency peer: jehle (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Jerichow“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Jerichow“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Jerichow
PropertyValue
HeadwordJerichow
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈjeːʁɪço]
Letters8
Frequency rank#75,821
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Jerichow“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Jerichowfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „jehle“ (#75,820), „israelisches“ (#75,816), „jugendfrei“ (#75,827). Unter 699 „J“-Lemmata liegt „Jerichow“ bei #75,821. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Jerichow is uncommon German at frequency #75,821 among 699 “J” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈjeːʁɪço]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Stadt in Sachsen-Anhalt, Deutschland".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Jerichow, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Jerichow, spelled J-E-R-I-C-H-O-W.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Stadt in Sachsen-Anhalt, Deutschland

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Jerichow appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Jerichow liegt in Deutschlands Osten.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Jerichow"?
"Jerichow" is spelled J-E-R-I-C-H-O-W. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈjeːʁɪço].
What does "Jerichow" mean?
As a proper noun, "Jerichow" means: eine Stadt in Sachsen-Anhalt, Deutschland
How do you pronounce "Jerichow"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Jerichow" is [ˈjeːʁɪço]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Jerichow" come from?
"Jerichow" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Jerichow", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

justiert#75,831Intifada#75,810Jährchen#75,832Imagines#75,794

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list