jumpy
/ˈd͡ʒʌmpi/
"jumpy" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“jumpy” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #43,218. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,218
- frequency rank, English
- 796
- “J” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nervous and excited.
Corpus desk
Index EN-jumpy · jumpy · English
jumpy · rank #43,218 · 8 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-MID #43,218
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 796
- PHOTO-FINISH jogger
Nearest frequency peer: jogger (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “jumpy”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- jealously
jealously
56,787 corpus weight
- Jervis
Jervis
56,786 corpus weight
- jogger
jogger
56,784 corpus weight
- jumpy
jumpy
56,783 corpus weight
- Justinian
Justinian
56,782 corpus weight
- Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe
56,779 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “jumpy” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | jumpy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈd͡ʒʌmpi/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #43,218 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jumpy” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around jumpy (IPA /ˈd͡ʒʌmpi/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #43,218 among 796 “J” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for jumpy, with forms such as "jjumpy", "jmupy", and "jummpy". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "jury", "July", "jump", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From jump + -y. The correct English form is jumpy, spelled J-U-M-P-Y.
Definition
- 1Nervous and excited.
- 2Tending to jump; full of jumps.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how jumpy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It was the butler who saw him go. Twelve o'clock at night and raining hard. So next night I was up at the house and, sure enough, master was off again. Stephens and I went after him, but it was jumpy work, for it would have been a bad job if he had seen us.
We moved at a good clip, so I reached up to pull shut the window coverings, just in case this jumpy frog decided to escape.
Etymology
From jump + -y.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- jjumpy
- jmupy
- jummpy
- jumppy
- jumpyy
- jumyp
- jupmy
- ujmpy
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of jumpy - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "jumpy", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "jumpy" maps to 10 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "jury". View pair
- 8 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #43,218 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "J" letter cohort. J–Z browse
- PlainSpell rotates a curated Word of the Day from the English corpus, a passive way to discover vocabulary. Word of the Day
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.