coquille Saint-Jacques
\kɔ.kij sɛ̃.ʒak\
The verdict
“coquille Saint-Jacques” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 22
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mollusque bivalve apprécié pour sa chair, très riche en fer, de nom scientifique Pecten maximus.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coquille Saint-Jacques |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ.kij sɛ̃.ʒak\ |
| Letters | 22 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “coquille Saint-Jacques” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for coquille Saint-Jacques is 22 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ.kij sɛ̃.ʒak\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
coquille Saint-Jacques doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is coquille Saint-Jacques, spelled C-O-Q-U-I-L-L-E- -S-A-I-N-T---J-A-C-Q-U-E-S.
Definition
- 1Mollusque bivalve apprécié pour sa chair, très riche en fer, de nom scientifique Pecten maximus.
- 2Meuble rarement utilisé sous ce nom dans les blasonnements. Voir coquille. À rapprocher de conque, coquille, huître et vannet.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “coquille Saint-Jacques”
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- The one correct French spelling is C-O-Q-U-I-L-L-E- -S-A-I-N-T---J-A-C-Q-U-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kɔ.kij sɛ̃.ʒak\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.