jaque

/[ˈxake]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,888

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

jaque is aSpanishnoun. It means: Movimiento en el que el jugador que mueve pone al rey contrario bajo ataque directo, situación que obliga al rival a mover su rey, capturar la pieza atacante o cubrirse con una pieza propia. Pronounced [ˈxake]. Often confused with jue and jugué.

Key facts for jaque
PropertyValue
Headwordjaque
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈxake]
Letters5
Frequency rank#16,888
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of jaque in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for jaque is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈxake]. Corpus data places it at rank #16,888 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for jaque, with forms such as "ajque", "jaqeu", and "jaqque". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "jue", "jugué", "Jaume", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is jaque, spelled J-A-Q-U-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Movimiento en el que el jugador que mueve pone al rey contrario bajo ataque directo, situación que obliga al rival a mover su rey, capturar la pieza atacante o cubrirse con una pieza propia.
  2. 2
    La situación en la que el rey esta bajo ataque directo por parte de alguna pieza del oponente.
  3. 3
    Valentón, perdonavidas.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ajque,jaqeu,jaqque,jauqe,jjaque,jqaue

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for jaque

Misspelling Variants of "jaque"

ajque5jaqeu5jaqque6jauqe5jjaque6jqaue5
Misspelling Variants of "jaque"

Frequency rank: #16,888 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "jaque"?
"jaque" is spelled J-A-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈxake].
What does "jaque" mean?
As a noun, "jaque" means: Movimiento en el que el jugador que mueve pone al rey contrario bajo ataque directo, situación que obliga al rival a mover su rey, capturar la pieza atacante o cubrirse con una pieza propia.
What words are commonly confused with "jaque"?
"jaque" is commonly confused with "jue", "jugué", "Jaume". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "jaque"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jaque" is [ˈxake]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jaque" come from?
"jaque" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter J in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.