jinn
/d͡ʒɪn/noun
jinn is spelled J-I-N-N: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,230th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “djinn vs jinn” about 140 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, jinn means “A human-like spiritual or immaterial being, as opposed to al-ins (people), often invisible but able to manifest in form and also inhabit people or…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of jinn is jinns or jawan.
How many letters and syllables are in jinn?
| Letters | 4: J-I-N-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 48,230th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Sounds like |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is jinn?
Jinn appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,230th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce jinn?
- /d͡ʒɪn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Sumxr-jinn.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with jinn
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: gin (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Also written: djinn, jan, jin.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of jinn
- jinns plural
- jawan plural
- jinnan plural
- jinnah plural
- genie
- ginn
- djinn
- djinni
- djinny
- jinnee
- jinni
- jin
- jhin
- jhinn
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does jinn mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A human-like spiritual or immaterial being, as opposed to al-ins (people), often invisible but able to manifest in form and also inhabit people or animals; origin of the genie of Western literature, film etc.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Jinn in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense spirit:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | jinn, djinn |
| German | Dschinn |
| Portuguese | génio, gênio, jinn, djim |
| Spanish | genio, jinn, djinn |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does jinn come from?
Derived from Arabic جِنّ (jinn, collective noun) (singular جِنِّيّ (jinniyy)).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).