Jota
[ˈxoːta]
The verdict
“Jota” is uncommon German (frequency #95,785 among 699 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,785
- frequency rank, German
- 699
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - schneller spanischer Volkstanz ursprünglich aus der Provinz Aragón im 3/8- oder 3/4-Takt
Corpus desk
Index DE-jota · Jota · German
Jota · rank #95,785 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,785
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 699
- PHOTO-FINISH Judenstern
Nearest frequency peer: Judenstern (+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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Jota“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Jannes
Jannes
4,223 corpus weight
- jauchzen
jauchzen
4,221 corpus weight
- Jockel
Jockel
4,218 corpus weight
- Jota
Jota
4,216 corpus weight
- Judenstern
Judenstern
4,215 corpus weight
- Kaisertums
Kaisertums
4,210 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Jota“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Jota |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈxoːta] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #95,785 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Jota“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Jota is uncommon German at frequency #95,785 among 699 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈxoːta]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "schneller spanischer Volkstanz ursprünglich aus der Provinz Aragón im 3/8- oder 3/4-Takt".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Jota, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Jota, spelled J-O-T-A.
Definition
- 1schneller spanischer Volkstanz ursprünglich aus der Provinz Aragón im 3/8- oder 3/4-Takt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Jota appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Léonide Massine nahm eine Jota in sein Ballett Der Dreispitz auf.“
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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