jais

\ʒɛ\

/\ʒɛ\/ noun

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The verdict

“jais” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,247. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,247
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bois fossile, assez dur pour être taillé; il s'agit spécifiquement d'une sorte de houille, le lignite piciforme, dont on peut faire de petits ouvrages, colliers, bracelets, boutons de deuil, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-jais · jais · French

jais · rank #46,247 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,247
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH Jansen

Nearest frequency peer: Jansen (+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 « jais »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « jais » 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).

jais vs ji
50% similar
jais vs jus
50% similar
jais vs Jim
25% similar

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

Key facts for jais
PropertyValue
Headwordjais
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒɛ\
Letters4
Frequency rank#46,247
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « jais »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).jaisse 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 « Jansen » (#46,248), « italiano » (#46,245), « Jeannine » (#46,249). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « jais » est au #46,247. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around jais (IPA \ʒɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,247 among 957 “J” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for jais, with forms such as "ajis", "jaiss", and "jasi". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ji", "jus", "Jim", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is jais, spelled J-A-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bois fossile, assez dur pour être taillé; il s'agit spécifiquement d'une sorte de houille, le lignite piciforme, dont on peut faire de petits ouvrages, colliers, bracelets, boutons de deuil, etc.
  2. 2
    Verre teint de différentes couleurs qui sert en bijouterie → voir jais artificiel et faux-jais.
  3. 3
    Couleur d’un noir soutenu et brillant. #000000

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Elle remit à Mrs. Paulina Barnett une petite bague de cuivre, et reçut en échange un collier de jais dont elle se para aussitôt.
  2. Une couronne de jais.

Synonyms

houille de poixhouille piciformejayetjaïetlignite piciformenoir

This word in other languages

jet(English)azabache(Español)azeviche(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ajis
  • jaiss
  • jasi
  • jias
  • jjais

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of jais - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ajis2jaiss1jasi2jias2jjais1
Edit distance from "jais"

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 "jais"?
"jais" is spelled J-A-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒɛ\.
What does "jais" mean?
As a noun, "jais" means: Bois fossile, assez dur pour être taillé; il s'agit spécifiquement d'une sorte de houille, le lignite piciforme, dont on peut faire de petits ouvrages, colliers, bracelets, boutons de deuil, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "jais"?
"jais" is commonly confused with "ji", "jus", "Jim". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "jais"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jais" is \ʒɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jais" come from?
"jais" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Jian#46,250kaya#46,255INED#46,233indi#46,230

Similar misspelling depth

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

graf5 variantsordo5 variantsoust5 variantsEwan5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list