jacobites
\ʒa.kɔ.bit\
The verdict
“jacobites” is uncommon French (frequency #82,142 among 957 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,142
- frequency rank, French
- 957
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de jacobite.
Corpus desk
Index FR-jacobites · jacobites · French
jacobites · rank #82,142 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,142
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 957
- PHOTO-FINISH jaille
Nearest frequency peer: jaille (+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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « jacobites »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- intruse
intruse
17,863 corpus weight
- irritées
irritées
17,862 corpus weight
- jacobites
jacobites
17,859 corpus weight
- jaille
jaille
17,858 corpus weight
- Jennyfer
Jennyfer
17,856 corpus weight
- Jouin
Jouin
17,855 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « jacobites » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jacobites |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒa.kɔ.bit\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #82,142 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « jacobites » en français
Rare enough to double-check
jacobites is uncommon French at frequency #82,142 among 957 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒa.kɔ.bit\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de jacobite.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for jacobites, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is jacobites, spelled J-A-C-O-B-I-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de jacobite.
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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