Jong
[jɔŋ]
The verdict
“Jong” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #13,868. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,868
- frequency rank, German
- 699
- “J” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Anrede und Ausruf im Sinne von „Mensch!, Junge!, Hör mal zu!“
Corpus desk
Index DE-jong · Jong · German
Jong · rank #13,868 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,868
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 699
- PHOTO-FINISH Joy
Nearest frequency peer: Joy (+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 „Jong“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Isolation
Isolation
86,136 corpus weight
- Jamaika
Jamaika
86,135 corpus weight
- Jong
Jong
86,133 corpus weight
- Joy
Joy
86,132 corpus weight
- Jugendarbeit
Jugendarbeit
86,131 corpus weight
- Kalk
Kalk
86,130 corpus weight
What this shows „Jong“ 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 | Jong |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | [jɔŋ] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #13,868 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Jong“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Jong (IPA [jɔŋ]), aninterjection. Corpus frequency is #13,868 among 699 “J” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Anrede und Ausruf im Sinne von „Mensch!, Junge!, Hör mal zu!“".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Jong, with forms such as "jjong", "jnog", and "jogn". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Joy", "Juni", "jung", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Jong, spelled J-O-N-G.
Definition
- 1Anrede und Ausruf im Sinne von „Mensch!, Junge!, Hör mal zu!“
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Jong appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wie die Werbefritzen vom Flamingopiepol zwischen dem Uhrenturm, Ecke Poststraße und Indeppedenz-Avenue im Herzen der Hauptstadt, den Bogen zum Big Ben des Westminstergebäudes - asseblief toch, nich WestMinister - geschlagen haben, Jong, da gehört stief Gatts dazu.“
„Jong, ich sach mos, zwischen Sonnenaufgang und Sonnunter gibt’s noch stief zu lernen.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- jjong
- jnog
- jogn
- jongg
- jonng
- ojng
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Jong - 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 "Jong", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).