jake
/dʒeɪk/adjective, noun, verb
jake is spelled J-A-K-E: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 15 times per million words in written English, the 5,407th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Jake, the name). As an adjective, jake means “Synonym of OK: adequate, satisfactory, acceptable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in jake?
| Letters | 4: J-A-K-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 15 times per million words; the 5,407th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is jake?
Jake appears 15 times per million words in written English, the 5,407th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Jake, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce jake?
- UK /dʒeɪk/
Jake 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-jake.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with jake?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as jake from its last stressed vowel (/eɪk/, British pronunciation):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of jake
- more jake comparative
- most jake superlative
- jakes plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- jaking participle, present
- jaked participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does jake mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
slangSynonym of OK: adequate, satisfactory, acceptable.
noun
- 1
USA juvenile male turkey.
- 2
slangA police officer, a law enforcement officer (sometimes especially one on foot rather than in a patrol car).
- 3
USslangJamaica ginger.
- 4
A Discordian prank involving a large number of people sending bizarre letters or parcels to a targeted individual.
- 5
USslangA rustic; a yokel.
verb
- 1
To play a Discordian prank on (somebody), involving a large number of people sending bizarre letters or parcels to that person.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).