Jakub
The verdict
“Jakub” is uncommon French (frequency #60,119 among 957 “J” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,119
- frequency rank, French
- 957
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-jakub · Jakub · French
Jakub · rank #60,119 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,119
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 957
- PHOTO-FINISH jacks
Nearest frequency peer: jacks (-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 « Jakub »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- ischio
ischio
39,886 corpus weight
- isin
isin
39,885 corpus weight
- iva
iva
39,884 corpus weight
- jacks
jacks
39,883 corpus weight
- Jakub
Jakub
39,882 corpus weight
- jamaïcains
jamaïcains
39,881 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Jakub » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Jakub |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #60,119 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Jakub » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Jakub is uncommon French at frequency #60,119 among 957 “J” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom masculin.".
Jakub has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 Jakub, spelled J-A-K-U-B.
Definition
- 1Prénom masculin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Jakub appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
À compter de la mi-septembre, Jakub Dobeš aura pour mandat de cimenter sa place de gardien réserviste des Canadiens de Montréal.
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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