jailer
\ˈd͡ʒeɪlə(ɹ)\
The verdict
“jailer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Geôlier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-jailer · jailer · French
jailer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | jailer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈd͡ʒeɪlə(ɹ)\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « jailer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
jailer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈd͡ʒeɪlə(ɹ)\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Geôlier.".
No misspelling variants are generated for jailer in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is jailer, spelled J-A-I-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Geôlier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how jailer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Five nights and four days I remained, altogether, seeing nobody but Hareton, once every morning, and he was a model of a jailer—surly, and dumb, and deaf to every attempt at moving his sense of justice or compassion.
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.