jiminy
/ˈd͡ʒɪməni/
"jiminy" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“jiminy” is uncommon English (frequency #82,430 among 796 “J” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,430
- frequency rank, English
- 796
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An expression of mild surprise or annoyance.
Corpus desk
Index EN-jiminy · jiminy · English
jiminy · rank #82,430 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,430
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 796
- PHOTO-FINISH Jobcentre
Nearest frequency peer: Jobcentre (+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 “jiminy”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Jedward
Jedward
17,576 corpus weight
- jiminy
jiminy
17,571 corpus weight
- Jobcentre
Jobcentre
17,570 corpus weight
- jockstrap
jockstrap
17,569 corpus weight
- Joppa
Joppa
17,568 corpus weight
- JROTC
JROTC
17,566 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “jiminy” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jiminy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | /ˈd͡ʒɪməni/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #82,430 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “jiminy” in English
Rare enough to double-check
jiminy is uncommon English at frequency #82,430 among 796 “J” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed /ˈd͡ʒɪməni/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An expression of mild surprise or annoyance.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for jiminy, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: An alteration of earlier Gemini (“an expression of mild surprise or annoyance”); see there for more. The correct English form is jiminy, spelled J-I-M-I-N-Y.
Definition
- 1An expression of mild surprise or annoyance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how jiminy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He sat up with a jerk. "Holy Jiminy! How did you figure all that out?"
"Jimminy!" I thought. "Now I can do my Christmas shopping just like anybody." I dashed out along the town's main street to look at the glowing store windows and ponder what to buy.
Etymology
An alteration of earlier Gemini (“an expression of mild surprise or annoyance”); see there for more.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).