jambe
\ʒɑ̃b\
The verdict
“jambe” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #4,770 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #4,770
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Partie de chacun des deux membres inférieurs de l’être humain, entre le genou et le pied.
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 | jambe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒɑ̃b\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #4,770 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jambe” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for jambe is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʒɑ̃b\. Corpus data places it at rank #4,770 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for jambe, with forms such as "ajmbe", "jabme", and "jambbe". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "jme", "Jane", "Jamy", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is jambe, spelled J-A-M-B-E.
Definition
- 1Partie de chacun des deux membres inférieurs de l’être humain, entre le genou et le pied.
- 2Le membre inférieur tout entier, y compris la cuisse.
- 3Patte de certains animaux qui permettent la locomotion et qui correspondent à la jambe chez l’être humain.
- 4Chacune des deux parties d’un pantalon, couvrant chacune une jambe.
- 5À propos d’un compas, chacune des deux branches.
- 6Pied de champignon.
- 7Jambes, ou larmes : caractéristique d’un vin visualisée par les trainées qu’il laisse le long d’un verre, d'autant plus abondantes que sa teneur en alcool est élevée.
- 8Pilier que l'on intercale dans un mur pour le renforcer, notamment sous les poutres.
- 9Nœud servant à raccourcir un cordage dont les deux bouts sont inaccessibles.
- 10Fil qui forme l'un des côtés d'une maille de filet de pêche.
- 11Meuble représentant une jambe humaine dans les armoiries. Elle est généralement représentée avec le genou fléchi, de la cuisse jusqu’au pied. Elle est rarement utilisée seule mais plutôt sous la forme d’un triskèle.
- 12Division d’une entreprise ou d’une administration.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ajmbe,jabme,jambbe,jameb,jammbe,jjambe,jmabe
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of jambe - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “jambe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is J-A-M-B-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʒɑ̃b\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “jme” - see the side-by-side comparison. jambe vs jme
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.