jungle

/[ˈd͡ʒʌŋɡ(ə)l]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#21,655

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

jungle is aGermannoun. It means: Dschungel Pronounced [ˈd͡ʒʌŋɡ(ə)l]. Often confused with Jungs and jüngst.

Key facts for jungle
PropertyValue
Headwordjungle
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈd͡ʒʌŋɡ(ə)l]
Letters6
Frequency rank#21,655
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of jungle in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for jungle is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈd͡ʒʌŋɡ(ə)l]. Corpus data places it at rank #21,655 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Dschungel".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for jungle, with forms such as "jjungle", "jnugle", and "jugnle". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "Jungs", "jüngst", "Junkie", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is jungle, spelled J-U-N-G-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dschungel

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: jjungle,jnugle,jugnle,jungel,junggle,junglle,junlge,junngle,ujngle

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for jungle

Misspelling Variants of "jungle"

jjungle7jnugle6jugnle6jungel6junggle7junglle7junlge6junngle7
Misspelling Variants of "jungle"

Frequency rank: #21,655 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "jungle"?
"jungle" is spelled J-U-N-G-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈd͡ʒʌŋɡ(ə)l].
What does "jungle" mean?
As a noun, "jungle" means: Dschungel
What words are commonly confused with "jungle"?
"jungle" is commonly confused with "Jungs", "jüngst", "Junkie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "jungle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jungle" is [ˈd͡ʒʌŋɡ(ə)l]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jungle" come from?
"jungle" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.