jabal

noun

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The verdict

“jabal” is uncommon French (frequency #86,833 among 47,938 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,833
frequency rank, French
47,938
“J” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Calme.

Key facts for jabal
PropertyValue
Headwordjabal
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#86,833
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “jabal” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). jabal lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

jabal is uncommon French at frequency #86,833 among 47,938 “J” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Calme.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for jabal in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is jabal, spelled J-A-B-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Calme.

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "jabal"?
"jabal" is spelled J-A-B-A-L.
What does "jabal" mean?
As a noun, "jabal" means: Calme.
What language does "jabal" come from?
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Using “jabal”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is J-A-B-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list