jack
\dʒak\
The verdict
“jack” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,782. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,782
- frequency rank, French
- 957
- “J” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prise, fiche mâle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-jack · jack · French
jack · rank #2,782 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,782
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 957
- PHOTO-FINISH it
Nearest frequency peer: it (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “jack”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Genève
Genève
97,222 corpus weight
- geste
geste
97,221 corpus weight
- it
it
97,220 corpus weight
- jack
jack
97,219 corpus weight
- juger
juger
97,218 corpus weight
- majeur
majeur
97,216 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “jack” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jack |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dʒak\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #2,782 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “jack” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around jack (IPA \dʒak\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,782 among 957 “J” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for jack, with forms such as "ajck", "jacck", and "jackk". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "jay", "jai", "jan", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is jack, spelled J-A-C-K.
Definition
- 1Prise, fiche mâle.
- 2Appareil de filature, différent de la mule-jenny.
- 3Cric.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how jack appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un jack téléphonique.
Un abonné appelle. L'opérateur introduit la fiche arrière dans le jack de cet abonné et abaisse la clé d'écoute : il entre en communication.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ajck
- jacck
- jackk
- jakc
- jcak
- jjack
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of jack - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "jack", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "jack". Here's where to go from here.
- "jack" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "jay". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #2,782 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "J" letter cohort. J–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.