jn
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The verdict
“jn” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #48,999) as a pronoun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #48,999
- frequency rank, German
- 699
- “J” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ihn
Corpus desk
Index DE-jn · jn · German
jn · rank #48,999 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,999
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 699
- PHOTO-FINISH Jockey
Nearest frequency peer: Jockey (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “jn”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Isländische
Isländische
51,006 corpus weight
- jacket
jacket
51,005 corpus weight
- Jackett
Jackett
51,004 corpus weight
- jn
jn
51,002 corpus weight
- Jockey
Jockey
51,001 corpus weight
- Jubiläen
Jubiläen
50,999 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “jn” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jn |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #48,999 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “jn” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for jn is neighbouring look-alikes ("jo", "JS", …), not just typos; it is apronoun pronounced […]. Frequency #48,999 among 699 “J” headwords. Gloss: "ihn".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for jn, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "jo", "JS", "Job", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is jn, spelled J-N.
Definition
- 1ihn
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how jn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Denn Gott hat seinen Son nicht gesand in die Welt das er die welt richte, Sondern das die welt durch jn selig werde. Wer an jn gleubet, der wird nicht gerichtet.“
„am Straff der weyber / so jre kinder / vmb das sie der abkomen / jn verdligkeyt von jn legen / die also gefunden vnd ernert werden /“
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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- "jn" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "jo". View pair
- Usage frequency rank #48,999 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.