jarl
/jɑɹl̩/
"jarl" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“jarl” is uncommon English (frequency #57,476 among 4,872 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,476
- frequency rank, English
- 4,872
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A medieval Scandinavian nobleman, especially in Norway and Denmark.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jarl |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /jɑɹl̩/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #57,476 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jarl” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
jarl is uncommon English at frequency #57,476 among 4,872 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /jɑɹl̩/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A medieval Scandinavian nobleman, especially in Norway and Denmark.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for jarl, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old Norse jarl, from Proto-Norse ᛖᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ (erilaʀ). Cognates include Old English eorl. Doublet of earl and eorl. The correct English form is jarl, spelled J-A-R-L.
Definition
- 1A medieval Scandinavian nobleman, especially in Norway and Denmark.
Etymology
From Old Norse jarl, from Proto-Norse ᛖᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ (erilaʀ). Cognates include Old English eorl. Doublet of earl and eorl.
This word in other languages
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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Using “jarl”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is J-A-R-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.