Juju

[ˈd͡ʒuːd͡ʒuː]

/[ˈd͡ʒuːd͡ʒuː]/ noun

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The verdict

“Juju” is uncommon German (frequency #94,471 among 699 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,471
frequency rank, German
699
“J” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - religiöse Praktik in Westafrika

Corpus desk

Index DE-juju · Juju · German

Juju · rank #94,471 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,471
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 699
  • PHOTO-FINISH Journale

Nearest frequency peer: Journale (-2 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 „Juju“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Juju
PropertyValue
HeadwordJuju
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈd͡ʒuːd͡ʒuː]
Letters4
Frequency rank#94,471
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Juju“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Journale“ (#94,469), „Kaiserwetter“ (#94,474), „Jogginganzug“ (#94,467). Unter 699 „J“-Lemmata liegt „Juju“ bei #94,471. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Juju is uncommon German at frequency #94,471 among 699 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈd͡ʒuːd͡ʒuː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "religiöse Praktik in Westafrika".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Juju in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Juju, spelled J-U-J-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    religiöse Praktik in Westafrika

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „›Wie albern‹, höhne ich. ›Eine ganze Stadt soll sich zusammengerottet haben, um junge Burschen für Juju zu missbrauchen?‹“
  2. „›Sie hat Juju angewandt, um meinen Mann nutzlos zu machen!‹“

This word in other languages

juju(English)

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 "Juju"?
"Juju" is spelled J-U-J-U. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈd͡ʒuːd͡ʒuː].
What does "Juju" mean?
As a noun, "Juju" means: religiöse Praktik in Westafrika
How do you pronounce "Juju"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Juju" is [ˈd͡ʒuːd͡ʒuː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Juju" come from?
"Juju" 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 "Juju", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Inde#94,442Huub#94,423hunk#94,422Lodi#94,566

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list