jacquard

\ʒa.kaʁ\

/\ʒa.kaʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“jacquard” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,109. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,109
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Métier à tisser destiné à tisser la soie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-jacquard · jacquard · French

jacquard · rank #35,109 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,109
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH irakiennes

Nearest frequency peer: irakiennes (-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 « jacquard »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « jacquard » 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
Key facts for jacquard
PropertyValue
Headwordjacquard
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒa.kaʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#35,109
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « jacquard »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.jacquardse 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 « irakiennes » (#35,108), « Jeannot » (#35,110), « inéligibilité » (#35,107). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « jacquard » est au #35,109. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around jacquard (IPA \ʒa.kaʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,109 among 957 “J” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for jacquard, with forms such as "ajcquard", "jaccquard", and "jacqaurd". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented 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 jacquard, spelled J-A-C-Q-U-A-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Métier à tisser destiné à tisser la soie.
  2. 2
    Tissu élaboré sur le jacquard.
  3. 3
    Tricot fait à la main ou à la machine, à motifs géométriques et aux couleurs variées.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le métier Jacquard ou simplement jacquard a été une des causes de la Révolte des Canuts. En effet, Joseph-Marie Jacquard a developpé cette technologie pour commander la levée de fils de chaîne sur le métier à tisser de manière mécanique afin d’éviter ce travail aux enfants.
  2. Margery ! Mrs Blaine a besoin de combien de magenta pour le twin-set en jacquard ?

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ajcquard
  • jaccquard
  • jacqaurd
  • jacqquard
  • jacquadr
  • jacquardd
  • jacquarrd
  • jacqurad
  • jacuqard
  • jaqcuard
  • jcaquard
  • jjacquard

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of jacquard - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ajcquard2jaccquard1jacqaurd2jacqquard1jacquadr2jacquardd1jacquarrd1jacqurad2
Edit distance from "jacquard"

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 "jacquard"?
"jacquard" is spelled J-A-C-Q-U-A-R-D. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒa.kaʁ\.
What does "jacquard" mean?
As a noun, "jacquard" means: Métier à tisser destiné à tisser la soie.
What are common misspellings of "jacquard"?
Common misspellings include "ajcquard", "jaccquard", "jacqaurd", "jacqquard", "jacquadr". The correct spelling is "jacquard".
How do you pronounce "jacquard"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jacquard" is \ʒa.kaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jacquard" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list