jackpot

/\dʒak.pɔt\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#21,672

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

jackpot is aFrenchnoun. It means: Prix très important, très grosse récompense d’argent. Pronounced \dʒak.pɔt\. Often confused with Jackson and Jacquot.

Key facts for jackpot
PropertyValue
Headwordjackpot
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dʒak.pɔt\
Letters7
Frequency rank#21,672
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of jackpot in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for jackpot is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \dʒak.pɔt\. Corpus data places it at rank #21,672 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for jackpot, with forms such as "ajckpot", "jacckpot", and "jackkpot". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Jackson", "Jacquot", "jacket", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is jackpot, spelled J-A-C-K-P-O-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prix très important, très grosse récompense d’argent.
  2. 2
    Combinaison permettant d’obtenir ce prix, supercagnotte.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ajckpot,jacckpot,jackkpot,jackopt,jackpott,jackppot,jackpto,jacpkot,jakcpot,jcakpot,jjackpot

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for jackpot

Misspelling Variants of "jackpot"

ajckpot7jacckpot8jackkpot8jackopt7jackpott8jackppot8jackpto7jacpkot7
Misspelling Variants of "jackpot"

Frequency rank: #21,672 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "jackpot"?
"jackpot" is spelled J-A-C-K-P-O-T. The IPA pronunciation is \dʒak.pɔt\.
What does "jackpot" mean?
As a noun, "jackpot" means: Prix très important, très grosse récompense d’argent.
What words are commonly confused with "jackpot"?
"jackpot" is commonly confused with "Jackson", "Jacquot", "jacket". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "jackpot"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jackpot" is \dʒak.pɔt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jackpot" come from?
"jackpot" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.