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jargon

jar·gon/ˈd͡ʒɑɹ.ɡən/noun, verb

jargon is spelled J-A-R-G-O-N: 6 letters and 2 syllables (jar·gon). It appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,209th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, jargon means “A technical terminology unique to a particular subject” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of jargon is jargons.

How many letters and syllables are in jargon?

Letters6: J-A-R-G-O-N
Syllables2: jar·gon
In writing1.7 times per million words; the 21,209th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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 jargon?

Jargon appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,209th 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 jargon?

  • UK /ˈdʒɑː.ɡən/
  • US /ˈd͡ʒɑɹ.ɡən/
  • Australia /ˈdʒɐː.ɡən/

Jargon has 2 syllables, split jar·gon in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-jargon.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with jargon?

One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as jargon from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɹɡən/):

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 jargon

  • jargons plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • jargoning participle, present
  • jargoned participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does jargon mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A technical terminology unique to a particular subject.

    He used technical jargon but I managed to catch the drift of his argument.

  2. 2

    A language characteristic of a particular group.

  3. 3

    Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.

    Cut the jargon and get to your point.

  4. 4

    Alternative form of jargoon (“A variety of zircon”).

verb

  1. 1

    To utter jargon; to emit confused or unintelligible sounds.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Jargon in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchjargon (technical terminology unique to a particular…), charabia (incomprehensible speech)
GermanFachjargon, Fachsprache (technical terminology unique to a particular…), Fachchinesisch (incomprehensible speech), Jargon (language characteristic of a particular group)
Portuguesejargão (technical terminology unique to a particular…), algaravia (incomprehensible speech), gíria (language characteristic of a particular group)
Spanishtecnicismo, jerga, jerigonza, caliche (technical terminology unique to a particular…), argot (language characteristic of a particular group)

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 jargon come from?

From Middle English jargoun, jargon, from Old French jargon, a variant of gargon, gargun (“chatter; talk; language”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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