Jochbein
[ˈjɔxˌbaɪ̯n]
The verdict
“Jochbein” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Knochen des Gesichtsschädels, der den Oberkiefer mit dem Schläfenbein verbindet
Corpus desk
Index DE-jochbein · Jochbein · German
Jochbein · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Jochbein |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈjɔxˌbaɪ̯n] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Jochbein“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Jochbein is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈjɔxˌbaɪ̯n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Knochen des Gesichtsschädels, der den Oberkiefer mit dem Schläfenbein verbindet".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Jochbein, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Jochbein, spelled J-O-C-H-B-E-I-N.
Definition
- 1Knochen des Gesichtsschädels, der den Oberkiefer mit dem Schläfenbein verbindet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Jochbein appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Miroslav Klose hat anstatt des zunächst befürchteten erneuten Bruchs nur eine Prellung am Jochbein erlitten.“
„Da kam bei Brokdorf ein Polizist vom Bremer Sondereinsatzkommando noch glimpflich davon. Einen ‚plötzlichen heftigen Druck am Kopf‘ spürte der Uniformierte: Eine Stahlkugel hatte – knapp am Auge vorbei – sein Jochbein zertrümmert.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.