Jockel
[ˈjɔkl̩]
The verdict
“Jockel” is uncommon German (frequency #95,783 among 699 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,783
- frequency rank, German
- 699
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jugendsprachlich, dumme, törichte, ungeschickte, alberne Person
Corpus desk
Index DE-jockel · Jockel · German
Jockel · rank #95,783 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,783
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 699
- PHOTO-FINISH Jota
Nearest frequency peer: Jota (+2 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 „Jockel“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Jahresmittel
Jahresmittel
4,224 corpus weight
- Jannes
Jannes
4,223 corpus weight
- jauchzen
jauchzen
4,221 corpus weight
- Jockel
Jockel
4,218 corpus weight
- Jota
Jota
4,216 corpus weight
- Judenstern
Judenstern
4,215 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Jockel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Jockel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈjɔkl̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #95,783 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Jockel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Jockel is uncommon German at frequency #95,783 among 699 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈjɔkl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jugendsprachlich, dumme, törichte, ungeschickte, alberne Person".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Jockel in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Jockel, spelled J-O-C-K-E-L.
Definition
- 1jugendsprachlich, dumme, törichte, ungeschickte, alberne Person
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Jockel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Du dummer Jockel!
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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