jus
[ʒy]
The verdict
“jus” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #30,139) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #30,139
- frequency rank, German
- 699
- “J” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Saft
Corpus desk
Index DE-jus · jus · German
jus · rank #30,139 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #30,139
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 699
- PHOTO-FINISH K2
Nearest frequency peer: K2 (+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 “jus”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Islams
Islams
69,867 corpus weight
- ita
ita
69,866 corpus weight
- ivy
ivy
69,865 corpus weight
- jus
jus
69,862 corpus weight
- K2
K2
69,861 corpus weight
- kassierte
kassierte
69,860 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “jus” 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 | jus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʒy] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #30,139 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “jus” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for jus is neighbouring look-alikes ("JVA", "Jux", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ʒy]. Frequency #30,139 among 699 “J” headwords. 6 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Zero misspellings are on record for jus in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "JVA", "Jux", "Just", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is jus, spelled J-U-S.
Definition
- 1Saft
- 2Saft
- 3(schwarzer) Kaffee
- 4Vortrag, Referat
- 5Saft, Strom
- 6Parfum
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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- "jus" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "JVA". View pair
- Usage frequency rank #30,139 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "J" letter cohort. J–Z browse
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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.