Jakob
The verdict
“Jakob” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,394. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,394
- frequency rank, French
- 957
- “J” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-jakob · Jakob · French
Jakob · rank #37,394 · 7 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #37,394
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 957
- PHOTO-FINISH Istres
Nearest frequency peer: Istres (-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 « Jakob »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Ironman
Ironman
62,611 corpus weight
- irriter
irriter
62,610 corpus weight
- ISSN
ISSN
62,609 corpus weight
- Istres
Istres
62,608 corpus weight
- Jakob
Jakob
62,607 corpus weight
- Joss
Joss
62,604 corpus weight
What this shows « Jakob » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Jakob |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #37,394 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Jakob »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Jakob, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #37,394 among 957 “J” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom masculin.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Jakob, with forms such as "ajkob", "jakbo", and "jakkob". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "job", "Japon", "Jason", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Jakob, spelled J-A-K-O-B.
Definition
- 1Prénom masculin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Jakob appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La capitale Stockholm serait le principal lieu de ces JO, avec la possibilité de délocaliser certaines épreuves en Lettonie et en Norvège, selon le ministre des Sports Jakob Forssmed.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ajkob
- jakbo
- jakkob
- jakobb
- jaokb
- jjakob
- jkaob
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Jakob - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).