jalouser

\ʒa.lu.ze\

/\ʒa.lu.ze\/ verb

The verdict

“jalouser” is uncommon French (frequency #83,066 among 957 “J” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,066
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avoir de la jalousie contre quelqu’un.

Corpus desk

Index FR-jalouser · jalouser · French

jalouser · rank #83,066 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,066
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH Jahre

Nearest frequency peer: Jahre (-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 « jalouser »

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 « jalouser » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for jalouser
PropertyValue
Headwordjalouser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʒa.lu.ze\
Letters8
Frequency rank#83,066
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « jalouser » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).jalousertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Jahre » (#83,065), « itératif » (#83,063), « jinx » (#83,069). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « jalouser » est au #83,066. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

jalouser is uncommon French at frequency #83,066 among 957 “J” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʒa.lu.ze\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Avoir de la jalousie contre quelqu’un.".

No misspelling variants are generated for jalouser in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is jalouser, spelled J-A-L-O-U-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Avoir de la jalousie contre quelqu’un.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ici pareille incertitude; il était jalousé et sans doute haï de la plupart de ceux qu’il connaissait.
  2. Les farouches taureaux - dans les vallons du Doubs Quand ils le voient passer - jalousent ses épaules ;

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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 "jalouser"?
"jalouser" is spelled J-A-L-O-U-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒa.lu.ze\.
What does "jalouser" mean?
As a verb, "jalouser" means: Avoir de la jalousie contre quelqu’un.
How do you pronounce "jalouser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jalouser" is \ʒa.lu.ze\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list