Joplin
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The verdict
“Joplin” is uncommon German (frequency #73,667 among 7,951 “J” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,667
- frequency rank, German
- 7,951
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Stadt im US-Bundesstaat Missouri
Corpus desk
Index DE-joplin · Joplin · German
Joplin · rank #73,667 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,667
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,951
- PHOTO-FINISH jubelten
Nearest frequency peer: jubelten (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Joplin”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- jahrhundert…
jahrhundertealte
26,337 corpus weight
- Joplin
Joplin
26,334 corpus weight
- jubelten
jubelten
26,333 corpus weight
- Jubiläumsfe…
Jubiläumsfeier
26,332 corpus weight
- Jug
Jug
26,331 corpus weight
- jämmerlichen
jämmerlichen
26,330 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Joplin” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Joplin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #73,667 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Joplin” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Joplin is uncommon German at frequency #73,667 among 7,951 “J” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stadt im US-Bundesstaat Missouri".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Joplin, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 Joplin, spelled J-O-P-L-I-N.
Definition
- 1Stadt im US-Bundesstaat Missouri
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 "Joplin", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.