Jug
[d͡ʒak]
The verdict
“Jug” is uncommon German (frequency #73,670 among 7,951 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,670
- frequency rank, German
- 7,951
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Blasinstrument aus Ton, das vor allem in der Folklore der Afroamerikaner Verwendung findet
Corpus desk
Index DE-jug · Jug · German
Jug · rank #73,670 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,670
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,951
- PHOTO-FINISH Jubiläumsfeier
Nearest frequency peer: Jubiläumsfeier (-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 “Jug”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- 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
- Kabaretts
Kabaretts
26,329 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Jug” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Jug |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [d͡ʒak] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #73,670 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Jug” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Jug is uncommon German at frequency #73,670 among 7,951 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [d͡ʒak]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Blasinstrument aus Ton, das vor allem in der Folklore der Afroamerikaner Verwendung findet".
Jug doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Jug, spelled J-U-G.
Definition
- 1Blasinstrument aus Ton, das vor allem in der Folklore der Afroamerikaner Verwendung findet
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 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.