Jessica

/[ˈjɛsika]/ name

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,228

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Jessica is aGermanname. It means: weiblicher Vorname Pronounced [ˈjɛsika]. It ranks #8,228 in German word frequency.

Key facts for Jessica
PropertyValue
HeadwordJessica
LanguageGerman
Part of speechName
IPA[ˈjɛsika]
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,228
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Jessica in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Jessica is 7 letters long, classified as aname, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Jessica, with forms such as "ejssica", "jesica", and "jesisca". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Jessica, spelled J-E-S-S-I-C-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    weiblicher Vorname

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ejssica,jesica,jesisca,jesscia,jessiac,jessicca,jeßica,jjessica,jsesica

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Jessica

Misspelling Variants of "Jessica"

ejssica7jesica6jesisca7jesscia7jessiac7jessicca8jeßica6jjessica8
Misspelling Variants of "Jessica"

Frequency rank: #8,228 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Jessica"?
"Jessica" is spelled J-E-S-S-I-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈjɛsika].
What does "Jessica" mean?
As a name, "Jessica" means: weiblicher Vorname
What are common misspellings of "Jessica"?
Common misspellings include "ejssica", "jesica", "jesisca", "jesscia", "jessiac". The correct spelling is "Jessica".
How do you pronounce "Jessica"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Jessica" is [ˈjɛsika]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Jessica" come from?
"Jessica" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.