jacquet

\ʒa.kɛ\

/\ʒa.kɛ\/ noun

The verdict

“jacquet” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,453. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,453
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jeu analogue au tric-trac, qui se joue dans une boite à deux compartiments sur lesquels sont dessinés des triangles blancs et noirs.

Corpus desk

Index FR-jacquet · jacquet · French

jacquet · rank #32,453 · 10 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,453
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH irréfutable

Nearest frequency peer: irréfutable (-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 « jacquet »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « jacquet » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

jacquet vs jaques
71% similar
jacquet vs Jacquot
71% similar
jacquet vs jacket
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for jacquet
PropertyValue
Headwordjacquet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒa.kɛ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#32,453
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « jacquet »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).jacquetse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « irréfutable » (#32,452), « jaillit » (#32,454), « invoquée » (#32,451). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « jacquet » est au #32,453. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around jacquet (IPA \ʒa.kɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,453 among 957 “J” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for jacquet, with forms such as "ajcquet", "jaccquet", and "jacqeut". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "jaques", "Jacquot", "jacket", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is jacquet, spelled J-A-C-Q-U-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Jeu analogue au tric-trac, qui se joue dans une boite à deux compartiments sur lesquels sont dessinés des triangles blancs et noirs.
  2. 2
    La boîte elle-même où l’on joue au jacquet.
  3. 3
    Pèlerin en route pour Saint-Jacques de Compostelle
  4. 4
    Domestique, laquais.
  5. 5
    Écureuil.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il traverse le boulevard et va en face, au café de Mulhouse, faire sa partie de jacquet avec Bourdin ou avec Dupeuty.
  2. Est-ce qu’on ne joue pas au jacquet derrière moi, dans le salon ?… Non ! ce sont des francs-tireurs qui chargent et déchargent leurs chassepots. Détonation à part, c’est tout à fait le bruit du trictrac…

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ajcquet
  • jaccquet
  • jacqeut
  • jacqquet
  • jacquett
  • jacqute
  • jacuqet
  • jaqcuet
  • jcaquet
  • jjacquet

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of jacquet - 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.

ajcquet2jaccquet1jacqeut2jacqquet1jacquett1jacqute2jacuqet2jaqcuet2
Edit distance from "jacquet"

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 "jacquet"?
"jacquet" is spelled J-A-C-Q-U-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒa.kɛ\.
What does "jacquet" mean?
As a noun, "jacquet" means: Jeu analogue au tric-trac, qui se joue dans une boite à deux compartiments sur lesquels sont dessinés des triangles blancs et noirs.
What words are commonly confused with "jacquet"?
"jacquet" is commonly confused with "jaques", "Jacquot", "jacket". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "jacquet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jacquet" is \ʒa.kɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jacquet" come from?
"jacquet" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list