# jungle

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈd͡ʒʌŋ.ɡ(ə)l/ · frequency rank #5,893

## Definitions
1. A large, undeveloped, humid forest, especially in a tropical region, that is home to many wild plants and animals; a tropical rainforest.
2. Any uncultivated tract of forest or scrub habitat.
3. A place where people behave ruthlessly, unconstrained by law or morality.
4. A tangled mess.
5. An area where hobos camp together.
6. A style of electronic dance music and precursor of drum and bass.
7. Dense rough.
8. A dense mass of pubic hair.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Hindustani جَن٘گَل (jaṅgal) / जंगल (jaṅgal), from Sanskrit जङ्गल (jaṅgala, “arid, sterile, desert”). First appears c. 1776 in a translation by Nathaniel Halhed.

## Easily confused with
- **junkie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jungle-vs-junkie)
- **June** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/june-vs-jungle)
- **Jung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jung-vs-jungle)
- **judge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/judge-vs-jungle)
- **jingle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jingle-vs-jungle)
- **juggle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/juggle-vs-jungle)
- **jumble** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jumble-vs-jungle)
- **jiggle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jiggle-vs-jungle)

## Common misspellings (9)
`jjungle`, `jnugle`, `jugnle`, `jungel`, `junggle`, `junglle`, `junlge`, `junngle`, `ujngle`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/jungle