Jacobs
\ʒa.kɔbs\
The verdict
“Jacobs” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,768. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,768
- frequency rank, French
- 957
- “J” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille allemand, anglais ou néerlandais.
Corpus desk
Index FR-jacobs · Jacobs · French
Jacobs · rank #20,768 · 9 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,768
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 957
- PHOTO-FINISH ironiquement
Nearest frequency peer: ironiquement (-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 « Jacobs »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- instruit
instruit
79,236 corpus weight
- ironiquement
ironiquement
79,234 corpus weight
- Jacobs
Jacobs
79,233 corpus weight
- journalier
journalier
79,232 corpus weight
- kant
kant
79,231 corpus weight
- labels
labels
79,230 corpus weight
What this shows « Jacobs » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Jacobs |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ʒa.kɔbs\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #20,768 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Jacobs »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Jacobs (IPA \ʒa.kɔbs\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #20,768 among 957 “J” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille allemand, anglais ou néerlandais.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Jacobs, with forms such as "ajcobs", "jacbos", and "jaccobs". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "jobs", "Jakob", "jalons", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Jacobs, spelled J-A-C-O-B-S.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille allemand, anglais ou néerlandais.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Jacobs appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Jewey Jacobs, à la place immédiatement devant moi et les genoux à un yard de mes genoux, reliés par les tiges d’aluminium ; Jewey Jacobs qui allait avec une vigueur fantastique depuis le départ, si bien qu’il donnait des à-coups propres à accélérer intempestivement le train prescrit par notre tableau de marche, et que j’avais dû le contrepédaler à diverse…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ajcobs
- jacbos
- jaccobs
- jacobbs
- jacobss
- jacosb
- jaocbs
- jcaobs
- jjacobs
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Jacobs - 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.
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 "Jacobs"?
What does "Jacobs" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "Jacobs"?
How do you pronounce "Jacobs"?
What language does "Jacobs" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Jacobs", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).