jacobin

\ʒa.kɔ.bɛ̃\

/\ʒa.kɔ.bɛ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“jacobin” is uncommon French (frequency #52,134 among 957 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,134
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Moine ou moniale qui suit la règle de Saint-Dominique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-jacobin · jacobin · French

jacobin · rank #52,134 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,134
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH isolent

Nearest frequency peer: isolent (-2 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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « jacobin »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « jacobin » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for jacobin
PropertyValue
Headwordjacobin
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒa.kɔ.bɛ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#52,134
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « jacobin » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).jacobintombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « isolent » (#52,132), « Jarod » (#52,136), « irrégulièrement » (#52,131). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « jacobin » est au #52,134. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

jacobin is uncommon French at frequency #52,134 among 957 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒa.kɔ.bɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for jacobin, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is jacobin, spelled J-A-C-O-B-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Moine ou moniale qui suit la règle de Saint-Dominique.
  2. 2
    Membre du groupement politique qui s’établit à Paris au début de la Révolution, dans l’ancien couvent des jacobins, et qui se signala plus tard par ses opinions révolutionnaires.
  3. 3
    Celui qui professe des opinions analogues à celles des anciens jacobins.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ce que nous disons, Sire, n'est pas une hyperbole, ni un discours cérébrin ; nous l'avons vu, en l'année 1612, au chapitre général des jacobins.
  2. Pourquoi M. de Carvalho, qui détestait les jésuites, laissait-il en repos les cordeliers, les jacobins et les récollets, sinon parce qu’il trouvait les jésuites en son chemin, et que les autres végétaient en paix dans leurs couvents sans faire à l’État ni bien ni mal ?

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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 "jacobin"?
"jacobin" is spelled J-A-C-O-B-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒa.kɔ.bɛ̃\.
What does "jacobin" mean?
As a noun, "jacobin" means: Moine ou moniale qui suit la règle de Saint-Dominique.
How do you pronounce "jacobin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jacobin" is \ʒa.kɔ.bɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list