jargon

\ʒaʁ.ɡɔ̃\

/\ʒaʁ.ɡɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“jargon” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,741. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,741
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vocabulaire particulier d'un groupe social ou professionnel, trouvant son origine dans la tradition ou la technologie et dans lequel peut parfois se complaire ce groupe.

Corpus desk

Index FR-jargon · jargon · French

jargon · rank #17,741 · 9 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,741
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH jaguar

Nearest frequency peer: jaguar (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « jargon »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « jargon » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

jargon vs Jason
50% similar
jargon vs Jürgen
50% similar
jargon vs Japon
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for jargon
PropertyValue
Headwordjargon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒaʁ.ɡɔ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#17,741
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « jargon »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).jargonse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « jaguar » (#17,740), « joke » (#17,742), « inventée » (#17,739). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « jargon » est au #17,741. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around jargon (IPA \ʒaʁ.ɡɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,741 among 957 “J” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for jargon, with forms such as "ajrgon", "jagron", and "jarggon". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Jason", "Jürgen", "Japon", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is jargon, spelled J-A-R-G-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vocabulaire particulier d'un groupe social ou professionnel, trouvant son origine dans la tradition ou la technologie et dans lequel peut parfois se complaire ce groupe.
  2. 2
    Langage particulier caractérisé par sa complexité, sa technicité ou son apparence nouvelle, que certaines catégories de gens adoptent pour se distinguer du vulgaire.
  3. 3
    (XIIIe-XVIIIe siècle), langage d'une vingtaine de termes, secret ou difficile à comprendre, de groupes de gens considérés comme vivant plus ou moins fortement en rupture avec l'ordre social (bandits, tricheurs, voleurs, mendiants, merciers ambulants, etc.).
  4. 4
    Cris du jars.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il ne suffit pas de mépriser l'adversaire, le jargon des philosophes « intuitionnistes », des syndicalistes et de certains critiques d'art ou peinturologues, il faut se défendre avec un égoïsme féroce contre la contagion.
  2. Il est logique que le langage du manager soit anglicisé. « Pas de quoi sourire, selon un professeur à ESCP Europe. Comme les médecins, les marins, les journalistes, le management a son jargon, qui permet de résumer en un mot une technique ou un outil », le mot « benchmark » étant pour lui l’exemple parfait. L’utilisation du jargon scelle aussi l’appartena…

Synonyms

charabialangue de boissabirverbiagesociolecte

This word in other languages

jargon(English)caliche(Español)Jargon(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ajrgon
  • jagron
  • jarggon
  • jargno
  • jargonn
  • jarogn
  • jarrgon
  • jjargon
  • jragon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of jargon - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ajrgon2jagron2jarggon1jargno2jargonn1jarogn2jarrgon1jjargon1
Edit distance from "jargon"

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 "jargon"?
"jargon" is spelled J-A-R-G-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒaʁ.ɡɔ̃\.
What does "jargon" mean?
As a noun, "jargon" means: Vocabulaire particulier d'un groupe social ou professionnel, trouvant son origine dans la tradition ou la technologie et dans lequel peut parfois se complaire ce groupe.
What words are commonly confused with "jargon"?
"jargon" is commonly confused with "Jason", "Jürgen", "Japon". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "jargon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jargon" is \ʒaʁ.ɡɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jargon" come from?
"jargon" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

jaguar#17,740infâme#17,738lambda#17,746latins#17,747

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

levées9 variantsluxueux9 variantsMathias9 variantsmicros9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list