Jungferninseln

[ˈjʊŋfɐnˌʔɪnzl̩n]

/[ˈjʊŋfɐnˌʔɪnzl̩n]/ name

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The verdict

“Jungferninseln” is uncommon German (frequency #98,662 among 699 “J” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,662
frequency rank, German
699
“J” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Inselgruppe in der Karibik

Corpus desk

Index DE-jungferninseln · Jungferninseln · German

Jungferninseln · rank #98,662 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #98,662
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 699
  • PHOTO-FINISH Julchen

Nearest frequency peer: Julchen (-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 „Jungferninseln“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Jungferninseln
PropertyValue
HeadwordJungferninseln
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈjʊŋfɐnˌʔɪnzl̩n]
Letters14
Frequency rank#98,662
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Jungferninseln“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Jungferninselnfällt 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: „Julchen“ (#98,661), „Juweliergeschäft“ (#98,663), „Jugendverbände“ (#98,660). Unter 699 „J“-Lemmata liegt „Jungferninseln“ bei #98,662. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Jungferninseln is uncommon German at frequency #98,662 among 699 “J” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈjʊŋfɐnˌʔɪnzl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Inselgruppe in der Karibik".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Jungferninseln, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Jungferninseln, spelled J-U-N-G-F-E-R-N-I-N-S-E-L-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Inselgruppe in der Karibik

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Politisch sind die Jungferninseln aufgeteilt zwischen den Britischen Jungferninseln, den Amerikanischen Jungferninseln und den Spanischen Jungferninseln.“

Synonyms

Virgin Islands

This word in other languages

Virgin Islands(English)Islas Vírgenes(Español)Îles Vierges(Français)

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 "Jungferninseln"?
"Jungferninseln" is spelled J-U-N-G-F-E-R-N-I-N-S-E-L-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈjʊŋfɐnˌʔɪnzl̩n].
What does "Jungferninseln" mean?
As a proper noun, "Jungferninseln" means: eine Inselgruppe in der Karibik
How do you pronounce "Jungferninseln"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Jungferninseln" is [ˈjʊŋfɐnˌʔɪnzl̩n]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Jungferninseln" come from?
"Jungferninseln" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Jugendverbände#98,660interkulturell#98,638interimistisch#98,637Konfuzianismus#98,701

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list