jann
"jann" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“jann” is uncommon English (frequency #67,551 among 796 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,551
- frequency rank, English
- 796
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - The father of the jinn preceding humanity.
Corpus desk
Index EN-jann · jann · English
jann · rank #67,551 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,551
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 796
- PHOTO-FINISH jammies
Nearest frequency peer: jammies (-2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “jann”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Jacinta
Jacinta
32,455 corpus weight
- jacketed
jacketed
32,454 corpus weight
- jammies
jammies
32,452 corpus weight
- jann
jann
32,450 corpus weight
- Jilly
Jilly
32,446 corpus weight
- jockeying
jockeying
32,445 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “jann” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jann |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #67,551 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jann” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
jann is uncommon English at frequency #67,551 among 796 “J” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for jann in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Arabic جَانّ (jānn). The correct English form is jann, spelled J-A-N-N.
Definition
- 1The father of the jinn preceding humanity.
- 2One of the jinn; a genie.
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic جَانّ (jānn).
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.
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 English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "jann", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.