jailbreak
/ˈd͡ʒeɪlˌbɹeɪk/noun, verb
jailbreak is spelled J-A-I-L-B-R-E-A-K: 9 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,820th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, jailbreak means “An escape from prison” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of jailbreak is jailbreaks.
How many letters and syllables are in jailbreak?
| Letters | 9: J-A-I-L-B-R-E-A-K |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 27,820th 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 jailbreak?
Jailbreak appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,820th 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 jailbreak?
- /ˈd͡ʒeɪlˌbɹeɪk/
Jailbreak 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-jailbreak.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-jailbreak.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with jailbreak
Also written: jail break (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of jailbreak
- jailbreaks plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- jail break
- jailbreaking participle, present
- jailbroke past
- jailbroken participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does jailbreak mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An escape from prison.
- 2
A modification to a closed platform's technical restrictions that enables installation or execution of software (or OS modification) the platform's original design was intended to prevent. Typical devices are iPhones and game consoles.
- 3
A prompt to a large language model which frees it from its ethical restrictions.
- 4
A rule present in some ice hockey leagues that causes a penalty to end if the short-handed team scores.
- 5
A goal scored in this situation.
verb
- 1
To escape from prison.
- 2
To modify the firmware of an electronic device, especially a mobile phone, in order to remove restrictions that prevent it from running unofficial software.
- 3
To free a large language model from its ethical restrictions using prompt injection.
- 4
To score while short-handed in a league with the "jailbreak" rule.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate jailbreak?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of jailbreak: JB.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Jailbreak in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense escape from prison:
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 jailbreak come from?
From jail + break.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).