Jams
\ˈjam̩s\
The verdict
“Jams” is uncommon French (frequency #88,775 among 957 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,775
- frequency rank, French
- 957
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Génitif singulier de Jam.
Corpus desk
Index FR-jams · Jams · French
Jams · rank #88,775 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,775
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 957
- PHOTO-FINISH jaar
Nearest frequency peer: jaar (-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 « Jams »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- inéluctables
inéluctables
11,230 corpus weight
- jaar
jaar
11,227 corpus weight
- Jams
Jams
11,226 corpus weight
- Jemeppe
Jemeppe
11,225 corpus weight
- Jemmapes
Jemmapes
11,224 corpus weight
- joye
joye
11,222 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Jams » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Jams |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈjam̩s\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #88,775 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Jams » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Jams is uncommon French at frequency #88,775 among 957 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈjam̩s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Jams, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Jams, spelled J-A-M-S.
Definition
- 1Génitif singulier de Jam.
- 2Nominatif pluriel de Jam.
- 3Accusatif pluriel de Jam.
- 4Génitif pluriel de Jam.
- 5Datif pluriel de Jam.
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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