jacobs
/ˈd͡ʒeɪkəbz/noun
jacobs is spelled J-A-C-O-B-S: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 5.5 times per million words in written English, the 10,519th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, jacobs means “Alternative form of Jacobs (“testicles”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in jacobs?
| Letters | 6: J-A-C-O-B-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.5 times per million words; the 10,519th 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 jacobs?
Jacobs appears 5.5 times per million words in written English, the 10,519th 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 jacobs?
- /ˈd͡ʒeɪkəbz/
Jacobs has 2 syllables (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-Jacobs.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does jacobs mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative form of Jacobs (“testicles”).
noun
- 1
UKslangTesticles.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).