jumping Jesus
"jumping-jesus" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“jumping Jesus” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Expression of shock or surprise; Jesus Christ.
Corpus desk
Index EN-jumping-jesus · jumping Jesus · English
jumping Jesus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "J" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jumping Jesus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “jumping Jesus” in English
Rare enough to double-check
jumping Jesus is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Expression of shock or surprise; Jesus Christ.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for jumping Jesus, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is jumping Jesus, spelled J-U-M-P-I-N-G- -J-E-S-U-S.
Definition
- 1Expression of shock or surprise; Jesus Christ.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how jumping Jesus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Jumping Jesus! I just won $500.
He will guess as how we are pretty considerably damned clever, that we get along slick, and by the jumping Jesus, are not to be made wheelbarrows of.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.