Jakob

[ˈjaːkɔp]

/[ˈjaːkɔp]/ name

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The verdict

“Jakob” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #48,484. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,484
frequency rank, Spanish
645
“J” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nombre de pila de varón, equivalente del español Jacobo

Corpus desk

Index ES-jakob · Jakob · Spanish

Jakob · rank #48,484 · 8 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #48,484
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 645
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ivana

Nearest frequency peer: Ivana (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “Jakob”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “Jakob” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Jakob vs job
40% similar
Jakob vs Jano
60% similar
Jakob vs Japón
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Jakob
PropertyValue
HeadwordJakob
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈjaːkɔp]
Letters5
Frequency rank#48,484
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “Jakob”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).Jakobcae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “Ivana” (#48,483), “Janis” (#48,485), “irregularmente” (#48,482). Entre 645 lemas con “J”, “Jakob” va en #48,484. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Jakob (IPA [ˈjaːkɔp]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #48,484 among 645 “J” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nombre de pila de varón, equivalente del español Jacobo".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Jakob, with forms such as "ajkob", "jakbo", and "jakkob". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "job", "Jano", "Japón", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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. The correct Spanish form is Jakob, spelled J-A-K-O-B.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nombre de pila de varón, equivalente del español Jacobo

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ajkob
  • jakbo
  • jakkob
  • jakobb
  • jakov
  • jaokb
  • jjakob
  • jkaob

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Jakob - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ajkob2jakbo2jakkob1jakobb1jakov1jaokb2jjakob1jkaob2
Edit distance from "Jakob"

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Jakob"?
"Jakob" is spelled J-A-K-O-B. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈjaːkɔp].
What does "Jakob" mean?
As a proper noun, "Jakob" means: Nombre de pila de varón, equivalente del español Jacobo
What words are commonly confused with "Jakob"?
"Jakob" is commonly confused with "job", "Jano", "Japón". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Jakob"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Jakob" is [ˈjaːkɔp]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Jakob" come from?
"Jakob" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Jakob", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Ivana#48,483Janis#48,485llené#48,511magro#48,521

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

kimono8 variantsLahore8 variantsLlarena8 variantslúdica8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list