jacasseur
\ʒa.ka.sœʁ\
The verdict
“jacasseur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui jacasse comme la pie ou qui a un chant bruyant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-jacasseur · jacasseur · French
jacasseur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | jacasseur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʒa.ka.sœʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
jacasseur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʒa.ka.sœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
jacasseur has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 jacasseur, spelled J-A-C-A-S-S-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Qui jacasse comme la pie ou qui a un chant bruyant.
- 2Qui parle beaucoup ou fort, qui radote, en parlant d’une personne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how jacasseur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le criquet jacasseur est souvent pris pour une sauterelle.
C’est turlupin et jacasseur, la France profonde, facile à manœuvrer en somme.
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.