Juist

[jyːst]

/[jyːst]/ name

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The verdict

“Juist” is uncommon German (frequency #70,431 among 699 “J” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,431
frequency rank, German
699
“J” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Insel in der Nordsee

Corpus desk

Index DE-juist · Juist · German

Juist · rank #70,431 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,431
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 699
  • PHOTO-FINISH Jugendstrafe

Nearest frequency peer: Jugendstrafe (-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 „Juist“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Juist“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Juist
PropertyValue
HeadwordJuist
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[jyːst]
Letters5
Frequency rank#70,431
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Juist“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Juistfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Jugendstrafe“ (#70,430), „Jungsteinzeit“ (#70,432), „Jäckchen“ (#70,433). Unter 699 „J“-Lemmata liegt „Juist“ bei #70,431. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Juist is uncommon German at frequency #70,431 among 699 “J” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [jyːst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Insel in der Nordsee".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Juist, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Juist, spelled J-U-I-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Insel in der Nordsee

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Juist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Unseren letzten Urlaub verbrachten wir auf Juist.
  2. Juist liegt in der Nordsee.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Juist"?
"Juist" is spelled J-U-I-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is [jyːst].
What does "Juist" mean?
As a proper noun, "Juist" means: Insel in der Nordsee
How do you pronounce "Juist"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Juist" is [jyːst]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Juist" come from?
"Juist" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Juist", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Karst#70,441hijab#70,383kürte#70,502liked#70,521

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list