jarl
/jɑɹl̩/
"jarl" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“jarl” is uncommon English (frequency #57,476 among 796 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,476
- frequency rank, English
- 796
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A medieval Scandinavian nobleman, especially in Norway and Denmark.
Corpus desk
Index EN-jarl · jarl · English
jarl · rank #57,476 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,476
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 796
- PHOTO-FINISH Japonica
Nearest frequency peer: Japonica (-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 “jarl”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Jadeja
Jadeja
42,528 corpus weight
- Janey
Janey
42,527 corpus weight
- Japonica
Japonica
42,526 corpus weight
- jarl
jarl
42,525 corpus weight
- Jessa
Jessa
42,523 corpus weight
- jokey
jokey
42,522 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “jarl” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “jarl” in English
Rare enough to double-check
jarl is uncommon English at frequency #57,476 among 796 “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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how jarl appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
There were three kinds of Viking: thralls, karls and jarls. Thralls were the slaves. They were owned by karls and jarls.
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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