jactance
\ʒak.tɑ̃s\
The verdict
“jactance” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action, habitude de se faire valoir en paroles.
Corpus desk
Index FR-jactance · jactance · French
jactance · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "J" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jactance |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒak.tɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « jactance » en français
Rare enough to double-check
jactance is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒak.tɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action, habitude de se faire valoir en paroles.".
No misspelling variants are generated for jactance in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is jactance, spelled J-A-C-T-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Action, habitude de se faire valoir en paroles.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how jactance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les Lettres à l'Étrangère, […] malgré cette jactance énorme, qui le fait se gonfler jusqu’à la bouffonnerie, sont le plus émouvant, le plus angoissant martyrologe qui se puisse imaginer d’une vie d’artiste, […].
[…] ; je l’annonçai à une correspondante dans un billet rapide où je disais — avec jactance, je l’accorde — que « j’avais écrasé l’impôt sur le revenu en ayant l’air de le soutenir ».
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.