Jordan

/[ˈjɔʁdan]/ name

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,941

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

Jordan is aGermanname. It means: Fluss im Nahen Osten, der in das abflusslose Tote Meer mündet Pronounced [ˈjɔʁdan]. It ranks #7,941 in German word frequency. Often confused with Johan.

Key facts for Jordan
PropertyValue
HeadwordJordan
LanguageGerman
Part of speechName
IPA[ˈjɔʁdan]
Letters6
Frequency rank#7,941
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Jordan in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Jordan is 6 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈjɔʁdan]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,941 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Fluss im Nahen Osten, der in das abflusslose Tote Meer mündet".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Jordan, with forms such as "jjordan", "jodran", and "joradn". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Johan", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Jordan, spelled J-O-R-D-A-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fluss im Nahen Osten, der in das abflusslose Tote Meer mündet

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: jjordan,jodran,joradn,jordann,jorddan,jordna,jorrdan,jrodan,ojrdan

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Jordan

Misspelling Variants of "Jordan"

jjordan7jodran6joradn6jordann7jorddan7jordna6jorrdan7jrodan6
Misspelling Variants of "Jordan"

Frequency rank: #7,941 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Jordan"?
"Jordan" is spelled J-O-R-D-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈjɔʁdan].
What does "Jordan" mean?
As a name, "Jordan" means: Fluss im Nahen Osten, der in das abflusslose Tote Meer mündet
What words are commonly confused with "Jordan"?
"Jordan" is commonly confused with "Johan". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Jordan"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Jordan" is [ˈjɔʁdan]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Jordan" come from?
"Jordan" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.