Jessica
[ˈjɛsika]
The verdict
“Jessica” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #8,228 in German word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #8,228
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - weiblicher Vorname
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Jessica |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈjɛsika] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #8,228 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Jessica” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Jessica is 7 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈjɛsika]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,228 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "weiblicher Vorname".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Jessica, with forms such as "ejssica", "jesica", and "jesisca". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Jessica, spelled J-E-S-S-I-C-A.
Definition
- 1weiblicher Vorname
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ejssica,jesica,jesisca,jesscia,jessiac,jessicca,jeßica,jjessica,jsesica
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Jessica - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “Jessica”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is J-E-S-S-I-C-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈjɛsika] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.