Jacob

\ʒa.kɔb\

/\ʒa.kɔb\/ name

The verdict

“Jacob” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,669. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,669
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille, connu entre autres par Max Jacob, poète français.

Corpus desk

Index FR-jacob · Jacob · French

Jacob · rank #5,669 · 7 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,669
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH jouant

Nearest frequency peer: jouant (+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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Jacob »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Jacob » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Jacob vs job
40% similar
Jacob vs Japon
60% similar
Jacob vs Jason
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Jacob
PropertyValue
HeadwordJacob
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ʒa.kɔb\
Letters5
Frequency rank#5,669
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Jacob »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Jacobse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « jouant » (#5,670), « incluant » (#5,667), « Laura » (#5,671). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « Jacob » est au #5,669. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Jacob (IPA \ʒa.kɔb\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #5,669 among 957 “J” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille, connu entre autres par Max Jacob, poète français.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Jacob, with forms such as "ajcob", "jacbo", and "jaccob". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "job", "Japon", "Jason", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Jacob, spelled J-A-C-O-B.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille, connu entre autres par Max Jacob, poète français.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Jacob appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Fabien Le Coïdic, éleveur bio de vaches bretonnes pie noir, tente de s’installer à Adainville, dans les Yvelines. Mais c’est sans compter la vive opposition de cinq de ses voisins, dont l’éditrice Odile Jacob représentée par l’avocate Corinne Lepage.
  2. Un message exprimé par Dominique Cap, maire de Plougastel-Daoulas et président de l’association des maires du Finistère ; Pierre Ogor, maire de Guilers ; Yves du Buit, maire de Plouzané ; Stéphane Roudaut, maire de Gouesnou ; Armel Gourvil, maire de Bohars ; et Fabrice Jacob, maire de Guipavas.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ajcob
  • jacbo
  • jaccob
  • jacobb
  • jaocb
  • jcaob
  • jjacob

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Jacob - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ajcob2jacbo2jaccob1jacobb1jaocb2jcaob2jjacob1
Edit distance from "Jacob"

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 "Jacob"?
"Jacob" is spelled J-A-C-O-B. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒa.kɔb\.
What does "Jacob" mean?
As a proper noun, "Jacob" means: Nom de famille, connu entre autres par Max Jacob, poète français.
What words are commonly confused with "Jacob"?
"Jacob" is commonly confused with "job", "Japon", "Jason". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Jacob"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Jacob" is \ʒa.kɔb\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Jacob" come from?
"Jacob" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Jacob", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list