Jethro

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The verdict

“Jethro” is uncommon German (frequency #84,152 among 699 “J” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,152
frequency rank, German
699
“J” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - männlicher Vorname

Corpus desk

Index DE-jethro · Jethro · German

Jethro · rank #84,152 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,152
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 699
  • PHOTO-FINISH jeu

Nearest frequency peer: jeu (+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 „Jethro“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Jethro
PropertyValue
HeadwordJethro
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters6
Frequency rank#84,152
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Jethro“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Jethrofällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „jeu“ (#84,153), „jaulen“ (#84,150), „jeune“ (#84,154). Unter 699 „J“-Lemmata liegt „Jethro“ bei #84,152. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Jethro is uncommon German at frequency #84,152 among 699 “J” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "männlicher Vorname".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Jethro, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

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 Jethro, spelled J-E-T-H-R-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    männlicher Vorname

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Jethro spielt sehr gut Tennis.

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 "Jethro"?
"Jethro" is spelled J-E-T-H-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Jethro" mean?
As a proper noun, "Jethro" means: männlicher Vorname
How do you pronounce "Jethro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Jethro" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Jethro" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

jaulen#84,150Karner#84,168Kleins#84,185Koalas#84,190

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list