j'accuse
/ʒəˈkjuːz/
"j-accuse" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“j'accuse” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An accusation, especially one made publicly.
Corpus desk
Index EN-j-accuse · j'accuse · English
j'accuse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | j'accuse |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ʒəˈkjuːz/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “j'accuse” in English
Rare enough to double-check
j'accuse is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ʒəˈkjuːz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An accusation, especially one made publicly.".
No misspelling variants are generated for j'accuse in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowing from French J'Accuse ("I accuse"), the title of an 1898 open letter from writer Emile Zola to the president of France during the Dreyfus Affair. The correct English form is j'accuse, spelled J-'-A-C-C-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1An accusation, especially one made publicly.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how j'accuse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It was a rare combination of circumstances that led Cramer to agree to sit still and listen to Stewart engage in his j'accuse.
Buried within Dudley's petition, then, was a veiled ‘j'accuse’.
Etymology
Borrowing from French J'Accuse ("I accuse"), the title of an 1898 open letter from writer Emile Zola to the president of France during the Dreyfus Affair.
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.