Joker
[ˈjoːkɐ]
The verdict
“Joker” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #12,515. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,515
- frequency rank, German
- 699
- “J” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Spielkarte von besonderem Wert, kann andere Karten ersetzen
Corpus desk
Index DE-joker · Joker · German
Joker · rank #12,515 · 7 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,515
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 699
- PHOTO-FINISH Joghurt
Nearest frequency peer: Joghurt (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Joker“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- intellektue…
intellektuellen
87,489 corpus weight
- jawohl
jawohl
87,488 corpus weight
- Joghurt
Joghurt
87,487 corpus weight
- Joker
Joker
87,486 corpus weight
- Judentum
Judentum
87,485 corpus weight
- Kerze
Kerze
87,484 corpus weight
What this shows „Joker“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Joker |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈjoːkɐ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #12,515 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Joker“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Joker (IPA [ˈjoːkɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,515 among 699 “J” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Joker, with forms such as "jjoker", "jkoer", and "joekr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "jose", "jour", "Josef", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Joker, spelled J-O-K-E-R.
Definition
- 1Spielkarte von besonderem Wert, kann andere Karten ersetzen
- 2Person oder Sache von besonderem Wert, die man zur gegebenen Zeit einsetzen kann
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Joker appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mit einem Joker hat man beim Canasta gute Karten.
Im Team ist es wichtig, einen Joker zu haben, der aushilft, wenn nötig.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- jjoker
- jkoer
- joekr
- jokerr
- jokker
- jokre
- ojker
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Joker - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Joker", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).