jodel
[ˈjoːdl̩]
The verdict
“jodel” is uncommon German (frequency #69,390 among 699 “J” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,390
- 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 jodeln
Corpus desk
Index DE-jodel · jodel · German
jodel · rank #69,390 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,390
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 699
- PHOTO-FINISH Jerzy
Nearest frequency peer: Jerzy (-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 „jodel“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Jahresberic…
Jahresberichte
30,616 corpus weight
- Jerzy
Jerzy
30,613 corpus weight
- jodel
jodel
30,611 corpus weight
- Jungfernfah…
Jungfernfahrt
30,609 corpus weight
- Jungunterne…
Jungunternehmer
30,607 corpus weight
- Justitia
Justitia
30,606 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „jodel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jodel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈjoːdl̩] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #69,390 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „jodel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
jodel is uncommon German at frequency #69,390 among 699 “J” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈjoːdl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for jodel in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is jodel, spelled J-O-D-E-L.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs jodeln
- 21. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs jodeln
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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