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jumps

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Detailed reference entry for the English word "jumps", 5-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Hunspell error dictionaries, and usage frequency ranked against the top 100,000 English words in the Wordfreq corpus. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "jumps" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "jumps" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.

jumps is aEnglishnoun. It means: plural of jump Pronounced /d͡ʒʌmps/. It ranks #8,810 in English word frequency. Often confused with jus and jumpy.

Key facts for jumps
PropertyValue
Headwordjumps
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/d͡ʒʌmps/
Letters5
Frequency rank#8,810
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of jumps in English word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for jumps is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /d͡ʒʌmps/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,810 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "plural of jump".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for jumps, with forms such as "jjumps", "jmups", and "jummps". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "jus", "jumpy", "jump", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is jumps, spelled J-U-M-P-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of jump

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: jjumps,jmups,jummps,jumpps,jumpss,jumsp,jupms,ujmps

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for jumps

Misspelling Variants of "jumps"

jjumps6jmups5jummps6jumpps6jumpss6jumsp5jupms5ujmps5
Misspelling Variants of "jumps"

Frequency rank: #8,810 in English

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "jumps"?
"jumps" is spelled J-U-M-P-S. The IPA pronunciation is /d͡ʒʌmps/.
What does "jumps" mean?
As a noun, "jumps" means: plural of jump
What words are commonly confused with "jumps"?
"jumps" is commonly confused with "jus", "jumpy", "jump". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "jumps"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jumps" is /d͡ʒʌmps/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jumps" come from?
"jumps" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.