jeu
[ʒøː]
The verdict
“jeu” is uncommon German (frequency #84,153 among 699 “J” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,153
- frequency rank, German
- 699
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs jeuen
Corpus desk
Index DE-jeu · jeu · German
jeu · rank #84,153 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,153
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 699
- PHOTO-FINISH Jethro
Nearest frequency peer: Jethro (-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 „jeu“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- ITU
ITU
15,853 corpus weight
- Janna
Janna
15,852 corpus weight
- jaulen
jaulen
15,851 corpus weight
- Jethro
Jethro
15,849 corpus weight
- jeu
jeu
15,848 corpus weight
- jeune
jeune
15,847 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „jeu“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jeu |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ʒøː] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #84,153 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „jeu“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
jeu is uncommon German at frequency #84,153 among 699 “J” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ʒøː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs jeuen".
Zero misspellings are on record for jeu in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is jeu, spelled J-E-U.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs jeuen
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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