jailbreak

\dʒɛl.bʁɛk\

/\dʒɛl.bʁɛk\/ noun

The verdict

“jailbreak” is uncommon French (frequency #66,842 among 957 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,842
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Installation d’une ou plusieurs applications sur un appareil Apple iPhone ou iPod Touch, en contournant la GDN.

Corpus desk

Index FR-jailbreak · jailbreak · French

jailbreak · rank #66,842 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,842
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH jad

Nearest frequency peer: jad (-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 « jailbreak »

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corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « jailbreak » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for jailbreak
PropertyValue
Headwordjailbreak
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dʒɛl.bʁɛk\
Letters9
Frequency rank#66,842
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « jailbreak » en français

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

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « jad » (#66,841), « Jamil » (#66,843), « Jacquemin » (#66,840). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « jailbreak » est au #66,842. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

jailbreak is uncommon French at frequency #66,842 among 957 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \dʒɛl.bʁɛk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Installation d’une ou plusieurs applications sur un appareil Apple iPhone ou iPod Touch, en contournant la GDN.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for jailbreak, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is jailbreak, spelled J-A-I-L-B-R-E-A-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Installation d’une ou plusieurs applications sur un appareil Apple iPhone ou iPod Touch, en contournant la GDN.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Apple semble l’appliquer à la lettre, avec le recrutement en stage du hacker Comex, qui s’est rendu célèbre avec ses jailbreaks de l’iPhone.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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 "jailbreak"?
"jailbreak" is spelled J-A-I-L-B-R-E-A-K. The IPA pronunciation is \dʒɛl.bʁɛk\.
What does "jailbreak" mean?
As a noun, "jailbreak" means: Installation d’une ou plusieurs applications sur un appareil Apple iPhone ou iPod Touch, en contournant la GDN.
How do you pronounce "jailbreak"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jailbreak" is \dʒɛl.bʁɛk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jailbreak" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list