Jacmel

\ʒɑk.mɛl\

/\ʒɑk.mɛl\/ name

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The verdict

“Jacmel” is uncommon French (frequency #68,378 among 47,938 “J” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,378
frequency rank, French
47,938
“J” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ville d’Haïti, chef-lieu du département du Sud-Est.

Key facts for Jacmel
PropertyValue
HeadwordJacmel
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ʒɑk.mɛl\
Letters6
Frequency rank#68,378
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Jacmel” 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). Jacmel 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

Jacmel is uncommon French at frequency #68,378 among 47,938 “J” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ʒɑk.mɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ville d’Haïti, chef-lieu du département du Sud-Est.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Jacmel, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Jacmel, spelled J-A-C-M-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ville d’Haïti, chef-lieu du département du Sud-Est.

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 "Jacmel"?
"Jacmel" is spelled J-A-C-M-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒɑk.mɛl\.
What does "Jacmel" mean?
As a proper noun, "Jacmel" means: Ville d’Haïti, chef-lieu du département du Sud-Est.
How do you pronounce "Jacmel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Jacmel" is \ʒɑk.mɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Jacmel" come from?
"Jacmel" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “Jacmel”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is J-A-C-M-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ʒɑk.mɛl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

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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