Jacoby

\ʑɑˈkoːbiː\

/\ʑɑˈkoːbiː\/ name

The verdict

“Jacoby” is uncommon French (frequency #52,769 among 957 “J” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,769
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-jacoby · Jacoby · French

Jacoby · rank #52,769 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,769
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH Jacq

Nearest frequency peer: Jacq (+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 « Jacoby »

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 « Jacoby » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Jacoby
PropertyValue
HeadwordJacoby
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ʑɑˈkoːbiː\
Letters6
Frequency rank#52,769
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Jacoby » en français

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Jacq » (#52,770), « itou » (#52,767), « jah » (#52,771). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « Jacoby » est au #52,769. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Jacoby is uncommon French at frequency #52,769 among 957 “J” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ʑɑˈkoːbiː\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Jacoby has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Jacoby, spelled J-A-C-O-B-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

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 "Jacoby"?
"Jacoby" is spelled J-A-C-O-B-Y. The IPA pronunciation is \ʑɑˈkoːbiː\.
What does "Jacoby" mean?
As a proper noun, "Jacoby" means: Nom de famille.
How do you pronounce "Jacoby"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Jacoby" is \ʑɑˈkoːbiː\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Jacoby" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list