jacquard

noun

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"jacquard" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“jacquard” is uncommon English (frequency #53,032 among 796 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,032
frequency rank, English
796
“J” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fabric woven on a Jacquard loom.

Corpus desk

Index EN-jacquard · jacquard · English

jacquard · rank #53,032 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,032
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 796
  • PHOTO-FINISH jaunty

Nearest frequency peer: jaunty (+2 rank slots)

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.

Long-tail ranks near “jacquard”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “jacquard” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for jacquard
PropertyValue
Headwordjacquard
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#53,032
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “jacquard” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).jacquardfalls in this rarity band:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “jaunty” (#53,034), “itches” (#53,029), “isotropic” (#53,028). Among 796 “J” headwords, “jacquard” is #53,032. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

jacquard is uncommon English at frequency #53,032 among 796 “J” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for jacquard, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: Eponym, from Joseph Marie Jacquard, inventor of the Jacquard loom. The correct English form is jacquard, spelled J-A-C-Q-U-A-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fabric woven on a Jacquard loom.
  2. 2
    Fabric resembling a jacquard, but woven by a different process.
  3. 3
    A Jacquard loom.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how jacquard appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The White House has jacquard drapes in the East Room.

Etymology

Eponym, from Joseph Marie Jacquard, inventor of the Jacquard loom.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "jacquard"?
"jacquard" is spelled J-A-C-Q-U-A-R-D.
What does "jacquard" mean?
As a noun, "jacquard" means: Fabric woven on a Jacquard loom.
What is the origin of the word "jacquard"?
Eponym, from Joseph Marie Jacquard, inventor of the Jacquard loom. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Julianna#53,041Kayleigh#53,046Kiribati#53,048Knowlton#53,052

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list