jarl

\jaʁl\

/\jaʁl\/ noun

The verdict

“jarl” is uncommon French (frequency #56,685 among 957 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,685
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Titre de noblesse scandinave, équivalant au comte français.

Corpus desk

Index FR-jarl · jarl · French

jarl · rank #56,685 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,685
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH jarnac

Nearest frequency peer: jarnac (+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 « jarl »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for jarl
PropertyValue
Headwordjarl
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\jaʁl\
Letters4
Frequency rank#56,685
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « jarl » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.jarltombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « jarnac » (#56,686), « ite » (#56,683), « Jeanson » (#56,687). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « jarl » est au #56,685. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

jarl is uncommon French at frequency #56,685 among 957 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \jaʁl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Titre de noblesse scandinave, équivalant au comte français.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for jarl, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 jarl, spelled J-A-R-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Titre de noblesse scandinave, équivalant au comte français.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. À l’origine, ce titre désignait tout homme libre ; plus tard, il s’appliquait à la classe des grands seigneurs et des guerriers de haute naissance. Lorsqu’un roi était parvenu à réunir en une seule monarchie plusieurs petits États, il plaçait à la tête de ceux-ci des jarls (espèce de gouverneurs ou vice-rois) qui, de ce fait, lui devaient un tribut et du…

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 "jarl"?
"jarl" is spelled J-A-R-L. The IPA pronunciation is \jaʁl\.
What does "jarl" mean?
As a noun, "jarl" means: Titre de noblesse scandinave, équivalant au comte français.
How do you pronounce "jarl"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jarl" is \jaʁl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jarl" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list