j
French, letter
j is spelled J (one letter) and appears 4,467 times per million words in written French, the 33rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). J is a French letter meaning “The tenth letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, J is a different word: “The tenth letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script”. On this page, j' is a different word: “clitic form of je”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dixième lettre et septième consonne de l’alphabet (minuscule)”.
What does j mean in English?
letter
- 1
The tenth letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script.
letter
- 1
The tenth letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script.
pronoun
- 1
clitic form of je
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
letter: 1. Dixième lettre et septième consonne de l’alphabet (en majuscule).
pronoun: 1. Élision du pronom personnel je devant une consonne.
letter: 1. Dixième lettre et septième consonne de l’alphabet (minuscule).
symbol: 1. Jour.
prefix: 1. Utilisé afin de désigner les noms des choses originaires du Japon.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of j
- J uppercase
- j lowercase
- j’ canonical
- ch’ familiar
- je
- j-
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is j in French?
j appears 4,467 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).