Jess
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The verdict
“Jess” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #34,201. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,201
- frequency rank, German
- 699
- “J” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vorname (weiblich und männlich)
Corpus desk
Index DE-jess · Jess · German
Jess · rank #34,201 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,201
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 699
- PHOTO-FINISH Jesiden
Nearest frequency peer: Jesiden (-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 „Jess“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Jahrestagung
Jahrestagung
65,803 corpus weight
- Janus
Janus
65,802 corpus weight
- Jesiden
Jesiden
65,801 corpus weight
- Jess
Jess
65,800 corpus weight
- Jungtiere
Jungtiere
65,798 corpus weight
- junta
junta
65,797 corpus weight
What this shows „Jess“ 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 | Jess |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #34,201 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Jess“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Jess (IPA […]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #34,201 among 699 “J” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Vorname (weiblich und männlich)".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Jess, with forms such as "ejss", "jes", and "jeß". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "JS", "jet", "jus", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Jess, spelled J-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1Vorname (weiblich und männlich)
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ejss
- jes
- jeß
- jjess
- jses
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Jess - 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 "Jess", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).