Joule

/[d͡ʒuːl]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#57,132

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Joule is aGermannoun. It means: Maßeinheit der Energie Pronounced [d͡ʒuːl].

Key facts for Joule
PropertyValue
HeadwordJoule
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[d͡ʒuːl]
Letters5
Frequency rank#57,132
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Joule is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d͡ʒuːl]. Corpus data places it at rank #57,132 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Maßeinheit der Energie".

No misspelling variants are generated for Joule in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 Joule, spelled J-O-U-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Maßeinheit der Energie

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #57,132 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Joule"?
"Joule" is spelled J-O-U-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [d͡ʒuːl].
What does "Joule" mean?
As a noun, "Joule" means: Maßeinheit der Energie
How do you pronounce "Joule"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Joule" is [d͡ʒuːl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Joule" come from?
"Joule" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.