Jürgen
[ˈjʏʁɡn̩]
The verdict
“Jürgen” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #2,252. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,252
- frequency rank, German
- 699
- “J” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - männlicher Vorname
Corpus desk
Index DE-jurgen · Jürgen · German
Jürgen · rank #2,252 · 9 variants · 14 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,252
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 699
- PHOTO-FINISH jemals
Nearest frequency peer: jemals (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Jürgen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Händen
Händen
97,752 corpus weight
- Häuser
Häuser
97,751 corpus weight
- jemals
jemals
97,750 corpus weight
- Jürgen
Jürgen
97,749 corpus weight
- kaputt
kaputt
97,748 corpus weight
- Minister
Minister
97,747 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Jürgen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Jürgen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈjʏʁɡn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #2,252 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Jürgen” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Jürgen (IPA [ˈjʏʁɡn̩]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #2,252 among 699 “J” headwords. Dominant gloss: "männlicher Vorname".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Jürgen, with forms such as "jjürgen", "jrügen", and "jügren". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "Jürgens", "Junge", "Juden", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Jürgen, spelled J-Ü-R-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1männlicher Vorname
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Jürgen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Jürgen könnte sich auch mal wieder bei mir melden.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- jjürgen
- jrügen
- jügren
- jüregn
- jürgenn
- jürggen
- jürgne
- jürrgen
- üjrgen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Jürgen - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Jürgen", 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).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.