Jurist

/[juˈʁɪst]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,574

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

Jurist is aGermannoun. It means: jemand, der Rechtswissenschaft studiert Pronounced [juˈʁɪst]. It ranks #9,574 in German word frequency. Often confused with Just and Juristen.

Key facts for Jurist
PropertyValue
HeadwordJurist
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[juˈʁɪst]
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,574
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Jurist is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [juˈʁɪst]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,574 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Jurist, with forms such as "jjurist", "jruist", and "juirst". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Just", "Juristen", "Juristin", 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 Jurist, spelled J-U-R-I-S-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemand, der Rechtswissenschaft studiert
  2. 2
    Deutschland: jemand, der das Jurastudium mit dem zweiten Staatsexamen abgeschlossen hat

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: jjurist,jruist,juirst,jurisst,juristt,jurits,jurrist,jursit,ujrist

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Jurist

Misspelling Variants of "Jurist"

jjurist7jruist6juirst6jurisst7juristt7jurits6jurrist7jursit6
Misspelling Variants of "Jurist"

Frequency rank: #9,574 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Jurist"?
"Jurist" is spelled J-U-R-I-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is [juˈʁɪst].
What does "Jurist" mean?
As a noun, "Jurist" means: jemand, der Rechtswissenschaft studiert
What words are commonly confused with "Jurist"?
"Jurist" is commonly confused with "Just", "Juristen", "Juristin". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Jurist"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Jurist" is [juˈʁɪst]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Jurist" come from?
"Jurist" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter J in our German index:

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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.