jaillissent

\ʒa.jis\

/\ʒa.jis\/ verb

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The verdict

“jaillissent” is uncommon French (frequency #53,429 among 957 “J” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,429
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de jaillir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-jaillissent · jaillissent · French

jaillissent · rank #53,429 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,429
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH jag

Nearest frequency peer: jag (-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 « jaillissent »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for jaillissent
PropertyValue
Headwordjaillissent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʒa.jis\
Letters11
Frequency rank#53,429
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « jaillissent » en français

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « jag » (#53,428), « jaunisse » (#53,430), « Jacquie » (#53,427). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « jaillissent » est au #53,429. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

jaillissent is uncommon French at frequency #53,429 among 957 “J” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʒa.jis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for jaillissent in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is jaillissent, spelled J-A-I-L-L-I-S-S-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de jaillir.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif imparfait de jaillir.
  3. 3
    Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif présent de jaillir.

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 "jaillissent"?
"jaillissent" is spelled J-A-I-L-L-I-S-S-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒa.jis\.
What does "jaillissent" mean?
As a verb, "jaillissent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de jaillir.
How do you pronounce "jaillissent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jaillissent" is \ʒa.jis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jaillissent" come from?
"jaillissent" 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 "jaillissent", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list