jailbait
/ˈd͡ʒeɪlbeɪt/
"jailbait" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“jailbait” is uncommon English (frequency #58,777 among 4,872 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,777
- frequency rank, English
- 4,872
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A sexually mature person below, or appearing to be below, the legal age of consent, who is regarded, usually by an adult, as being sexually attractive and/or seductive.
Corpus desk
Index EN-jailbait · jailbait · English
jailbait · rank #58,777 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,777
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,872
- PHOTO-FINISH Jago
Nearest frequency peer: Jago (-1 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “jailbait”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Jacobin
Jacobin
41,227 corpus weight
- Jacque
Jacque
41,226 corpus weight
- Jago
Jago
41,225 corpus weight
- jailbait
jailbait
41,224 corpus weight
- jammers
jammers
41,223 corpus weight
- jeopardise
jeopardise
41,221 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “jailbait” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jailbait |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈd͡ʒeɪlbeɪt/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #58,777 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jailbait” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
jailbait is uncommon English at frequency #58,777 among 4,872 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈd͡ʒeɪlbeɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A sexually mature person below, or appearing to be below, the legal age of consent, who is regarded, usually by an adult, as being sexually attractive and/or seductive.".
No misspelling variants are generated for jailbait in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From jail + bait, from the fact that statutory rape can result, for the adult committing it, in incarceration. The correct English form is jailbait, spelled J-A-I-L-B-A-I-T.
Definition
- 1A sexually mature person below, or appearing to be below, the legal age of consent, who is regarded, usually by an adult, as being sexually attractive and/or seductive.
Etymology
From jail + bait, from the fact that statutory rape can result, for the adult committing it, in incarceration.
This word in other languages
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.