jacks
/d͡ʒæks/noun
jacks is spelled J-A-C-K-S: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,896th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, jacks means “A pair of jacks” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in jacks?
| Letters | 5: J-A-C-K-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.6 times per million words; the 16,896th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is jacks?
Jacks appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,896th 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 jacks?
- /d͡ʒæks/
Jacks has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-jacks.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with jacks
Also written: jakes.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What does jacks mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
plural of jack
- 2
slangA pair of jacks.
- 3
UKslangHeroin tablets (from "jacks and jills" = pills)
- 4
A children's game involving picking up objects; knucklebones; jackstones.
The rest of the day he heard the children playing kick-the-can, hide-and-seek, Over-Annie-Over, jacks, tops, mibs, and the sound of the little monsters in every shrub and shadow would not let him rest.
- 5
IrelandslangAlternative form of jakes: an outhouse or lavatory.
noun
- 1
plural of Jack
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Jacks in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a children's game:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | osselets |
| Portuguese | jogo das cinco marias |
| Spanish | matatenas, payana, matatena, yas, yax, pallana |
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.