djinn
/d͡ʒɪn/
"djinn" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“djinn” is uncommon English (frequency #54,743 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,743
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative spelling of jinn.
Corpus desk
Index EN-djinn · djinn · English
djinn · rank #54,743 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,743
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH distiller
Nearest frequency peer: distiller (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “djinn”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- disreputable
disreputable
45,261 corpus weight
- distill
distill
45,260 corpus weight
- distiller
distiller
45,259 corpus weight
- djinn
djinn
45,258 corpus weight
- dolla
dolla
45,256 corpus weight
- domaine
domaine
45,255 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “djinn” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | djinn |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /d͡ʒɪn/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #54,743 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “djinn” in English
Rare enough to double-check
djinn is uncommon English at frequency #54,743 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /d͡ʒɪn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative spelling of jinn.".
No misspelling variants are generated for djinn in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is djinn, spelled D-J-I-N-N.
Definition
- 1Alternative spelling of jinn.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how djinn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Necromancy meant originally the conjuring up the souls of the dead, and later included the conjuring of all sorts of inhuman spirits such as sylphs, giants, and djinn.
I would have liked to know whether he thought this was due to the climate, the diet, or simply malefic djinns.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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