jakes
/d͡ʒeɪks/
"jakes" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“jakes” is an uncommon English word, ranked #52,422 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #52,422
- frequency rank, English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A place to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jakes |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /d͡ʒeɪks/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #52,422 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jakes” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for jakes is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /d͡ʒeɪks/. Corpus data places it at rank #52,422 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A place to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for jakes in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English Jake (variant of “Jack”) or Jakke (variant of “Jacques” and “Jack”). Use as a place to urinate and defecate first attested in the form jacques. Compare terms such as US slang Cousin John and Quincy, used as euphemistic personifications t… The correct English form is jakes, spelled J-A-K-E-S.
Definition
- 1A place to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory.
Etymology
From Middle English Jake (variant of “Jack”) or Jakke (variant of “Jacques” and “Jack”). Use as a place to urinate and defecate first attested in the form jacques. Compare terms such as US slang Cousin John and Quincy, used as euphemistic personifications the speaker was "visiting".
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.
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Using “jakes”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is J-A-K-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /d͡ʒeɪks/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.