jugular
/ˈd͡ʒʌɡ.jʊl.ə/
"jugular" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“jugular” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #37,998. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,998
- frequency rank, English
- 796
- “J” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relating to, or located near, the neck or throat.
Corpus desk
Index EN-jugular · jugular · English
jugular · rank #37,998 · 10 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #37,998
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 796
- PHOTO-FINISH joshi
Nearest frequency peer: joshi (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “jugular”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- jizz
jizz
62,006 corpus weight
- Joliet
Joliet
62,005 corpus weight
- joshi
joshi
62,004 corpus weight
- jugular
jugular
62,003 corpus weight
- Kerrigan
Kerrigan
62,000 corpus weight
- kickstart
kickstart
61,999 corpus weight
What this shows “jugular” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jugular |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈd͡ʒʌɡ.jʊl.ə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #37,998 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “jugular”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around jugular (IPA /ˈd͡ʒʌɡ.jʊl.ə/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #37,998 among 796 “J” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for jugular, with forms such as "jguular", "jjugular", and "juggular". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "jaguar", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Late 16th century borrowing from Late Latin jugulāris, from jugulum (“the collarbone; the hollow part of the neck above the collarbone; the throat”) + -āris (“-ar, -ary”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to jugulum + -ar. The correct English form is jugular, spelled J-U-G-U-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1Relating to, or located near, the neck or throat.
- 2Relating to, or located near, the neck or throat.
- 3Having ventral fins attached under the throat.
- 4Relating to juggling.
Etymology
Late 16th century borrowing from Late Latin jugulāris, from jugulum (“the collarbone; the hollow part of the neck above the collarbone; the throat”) + -āris (“-ar, -ary”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to jugulum + -ar.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- jguular
- jjugular
- juggular
- jugluar
- jugualr
- jugularr
- jugullar
- jugulra
- juuglar
- ujgular
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of jugular - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "jugular", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).