Jamestown

name

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The verdict

“Jamestown” is uncommon French (frequency #92,879 among 47,938 “J” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,879
frequency rank, French
47,938
“J” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Village d’Écosse situé dans le West Dunbartonshire.

Key facts for Jamestown
PropertyValue
HeadwordJamestown
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters9
Frequency rank#92,879
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Jamestown” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Jamestown lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Jamestown is uncommon French at frequency #92,879 among 47,938 “J” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Jamestown has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 Jamestown, spelled J-A-M-E-S-T-O-W-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Village d’Écosse situé dans le West Dunbartonshire.
  2. 2
    Capitale de l’île de Sainte-Hélène.
  3. 3
    Nom de plusieurs localités des États-Unis, en particulier celui de la première colonie anglaise sur le continent américain.

This word in other languages

Jamestown(English)

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 "Jamestown"?
"Jamestown" is spelled J-A-M-E-S-T-O-W-N.
What does "Jamestown" mean?
As a proper noun, "Jamestown" means: Village d’Écosse situé dans le West Dunbartonshire.
What language does "Jamestown" come from?
"Jamestown" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “Jamestown”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is J-A-M-E-S-T-O-W-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list