jeopardise
"jeopardise" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“jeopardise” is uncommon English (frequency #58,780 among 796 “J” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,780
- frequency rank, English
- 796
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of jeopardize.
Corpus desk
Index EN-jeopardise · jeopardise · English
jeopardise · rank #58,780 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,780
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 796
- PHOTO-FINISH jammers
Nearest frequency peer: jammers (-2 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.
Long-tail ranks near “jeopardise”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- 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
- jiggling
jiggling
41,218 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “jeopardise” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jeopardise |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #58,780 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “jeopardise” in English
Rare enough to double-check
jeopardise is uncommon English at frequency #58,780 among 796 “J” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of jeopardize.".
No misspelling variants are generated for jeopardise in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From jeopardy + -ise. The correct English form is jeopardise, spelled J-E-O-P-A-R-D-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of jeopardize.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how jeopardise appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
MIT professor behind influential letter says unchecked development is allowing a few AI firms to jeopardise society’s future.
Etymology
From jeopardy + -ise.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).