Jungfer
[ˈjʊŋfɐ]
The verdict
“Jungfer” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #49,003. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,003
- frequency rank, German
- 699
- “J” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine junge, unverheiratete Frau, Jungfrau
Corpus desk
Index DE-jungfer · Jungfer · German
Jungfer · rank #49,003 · 11 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,003
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 699
- PHOTO-FINISH Jubiläen
Nearest frequency peer: Jubiläen (-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 „Jungfer“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- jn
jn
51,002 corpus weight
- Jockey
Jockey
51,001 corpus weight
- Jubiläen
Jubiläen
50,999 corpus weight
- Jungfer
Jungfer
50,998 corpus weight
- jüngeres
jüngeres
50,997 corpus weight
- Jünglinge
Jünglinge
50,996 corpus weight
What this shows „Jungfer“ 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 | Jungfer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈjʊŋfɐ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #49,003 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Jungfer“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Jungfer (IPA [ˈjʊŋfɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,003 among 699 “J” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Jungfer, with forms such as "jjungfer", "jnugfer", and "jugnfer". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "jungle", "Junker", "jüngster", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Jungfer, spelled J-U-N-G-F-E-R.
Definition
- 1eine junge, unverheiratete Frau, Jungfrau
- 2sich durch unbefruchtete Eier mit der Jungfernzeugung vermehrende Tiere
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Jungfer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„‚Ach, wem gehört der schöne Wald?‘ ‚Der gehört dem König Drosselbart; hättst du‘n genommen, so wär er dein.‘ ‚Ich arme Jungfer zart, ach, hätt ich genommen den König Drosselbart!‘ “
„Er wurde verlegen, als habe er eine Jungfer zur Leichtfertigkeit überredet.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- jjungfer
- jnugfer
- jugnfer
- junfger
- jungefr
- jungferr
- jungffer
- jungfre
- junggfer
- junngfer
- ujngfer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Jungfer - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "Jungfer", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).