jacassement
\ʒa.kas.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“jacassement” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de jacasser, bavardage.
Corpus desk
Index FR-jacassement · jacassement · French
jacassement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "J" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jacassement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒa.kas.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « jacassement » en français
Rare enough to double-check
jacassement is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒa.kas.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action de jacasser, bavardage.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for jacassement, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is jacassement, spelled J-A-C-A-S-S-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Action de jacasser, bavardage.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how jacassement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Seules des pies sautillaient sur la route, la queue relevée, le bec en l’air, s’envolant à notre approche pour se poser en haut d’un arbre, d’où elles nous poursuivaient de leurs jacassements qui ressemblaient à des injures ou à des avertissements de mauvais augure.
Dans le village silencieux, où personne ne passait, on n’entendait toujours que le même éternel jacassement de poules, toutes les autres bêtes semblant s’être endormies.
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.