jacket
jack·et/ˈd͡ʒæk.ɪt/noun, verb
jacket is spelled J-A-C-K-E-T: 6 letters and 2 syllables (jack·et). It appears 21 times per million words in written English, the 4,153rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, jacket means “A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of jacket is jackets.
How many letters and syllables are in jacket?
| Letters | 6: J-A-C-K-E-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: jack·et |
| In writing | 21 times per million words; the 4,153rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is jacket?
Jacket appears 21 times per million words in written English, the 4,153rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce jacket?
- UK /ˈd͡ʒæk.ɪt/
- US /ˈd͡ʒæk.ɪt/
- /ˈd͡ʒæk.ət/
Jacket has 2 syllables, split jack·et in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-jacket.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with jacket?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as jacket from its last stressed vowel (/ækɪt/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of jacket
- jackets plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- jacketing participle, present
- jacketting participle, present, rare
- jacketed participle, past
- jacketted participle, past, rare
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does jacket mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length.
- 2
A piece of a person's suit, beside trousers and, sometimes, waistcoat; coat (US).
- 3
An outer garment (usually white) intended for chefs and which may be taken to signify status.
- 4
UKA vest (US); a waistcoat (UK).
- 5
USA letter jacket.
He's hoping to earn his jacket this year.
- 6
A lifejacket.
- 7
A file jacket.
- 8
In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and reinforcing the tube in which the charge is fired.
verb
- 1
To confine (someone) to a straitjacket.
- 2
To enclose or encase in a jacket or other covering.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate jacket?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of jacket: jkt.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Jacket in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | veste, blouson , couverture, jaquette |
| German | Jacke , Jackett, Sakko |
| Portuguese | jaqueta , revestimento , paletó |
| Spanish | chaqueta, campera, casaca, cazadora, chamarra, chompa |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does jacket come from?
From Middle French jacquet, diminutive of Old French jaque.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).