Jünger
[ˈjʏŋɐ]
The verdict
“Jünger” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #4,803. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,803
- frequency rank, German
- 699
- “J” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einer der zunächst zwölf Männer, die Schüler und Anhänger von Jesus waren und die später als Apostel das Evangelium verkündeten
Corpus desk
Index DE-junger · Jünger · German
Jünger · rank #4,803 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,803
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 699
- PHOTO-FINISH Jakob
Nearest frequency peer: Jakob (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Jünger“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Hauptbahnhof
Hauptbahnhof
95,201 corpus weight
- Interpretat…
Interpretation
95,200 corpus weight
- Jakob
Jakob
95,199 corpus weight
- Jünger
Jünger
95,198 corpus weight
- keineswegs
keineswegs
95,197 corpus weight
- Klavier
Klavier
95,196 corpus weight
What this shows „Jünger“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Jünger |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈjʏŋɐ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #4,803 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Jünger“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Jünger (IPA [ˈjʏŋɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,803 among 699 “J” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Jünger, with forms such as "jjünger", "jnüger", and "jügner". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Jungs", "Jürgen", "Junior", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Jünger, spelled J-Ü-N-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1einer der zunächst zwölf Männer, die Schüler und Anhänger von Jesus waren und die später als Apostel das Evangelium verkündeten
- 2jemand, der von einer Sache oder einer Person überzeugt ist und dieser anhängt; jemand, der ein Schüler einer Person ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Jünger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dieses Gemälde zeigt Jesus Christus im Kreise seiner Jünger.
„Aber die elf Jünger gingen nach Galiläa auf den Berg, wohin Jesus sie beschieden hatte.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- jjünger
- jnüger
- jügner
- jünegr
- jüngerr
- jüngger
- jüngre
- jünnger
- üjnger
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Jünger - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Jünger", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).