Jiu Jitsu

[ʒiu-ʒiʈsu]

/[ʒiu-ʒiʈsu]/ noun

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The verdict

“Jiu Jitsu” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ostasiatische Nahkampfkunst japanischen Ursprungs

Corpus desk

Index DE-jiu-jitsu · Jiu Jitsu · German

Jiu Jitsu · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "J" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for Jiu Jitsu
PropertyValue
HeadwordJiu Jitsu
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʒiu-ʒiʈsu]
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Jiu Jitsu” sits in German frequency

Jiu Jitsu falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Jiu Jitsu is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʒiu-ʒiʈsu]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ostasiatische Nahkampfkunst japanischen Ursprungs".

Jiu Jitsu doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Jiu Jitsu, spelled J-I-U- -J-I-T-S-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    ostasiatische Nahkampfkunst japanischen Ursprungs

This word in other languages

jujitsu(English)jujitsu(Français)

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Jiu Jitsu"?
"Jiu Jitsu" is spelled J-I-U- -J-I-T-S-U. The IPA pronunciation is [ʒiu-ʒiʈsu].
What does "Jiu Jitsu" mean?
As a noun, "Jiu Jitsu" means: ostasiatische Nahkampfkunst japanischen Ursprungs
How do you pronounce "Jiu Jitsu"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Jiu Jitsu" is [ʒiu-ʒiʈsu]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Jiu Jitsu" come from?
"Jiu Jitsu" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list