jaro
\ˈja.ro\
The verdict
“jaro” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An, année.
Corpus desk
Index FR-jaro · jaro · French
jaro · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "J" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jaro |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈja.ro\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « jaro » en français
Rare enough to double-check
jaro is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈja.ro\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An, année.".
jaro doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is jaro, spelled J-A-R-O.
Definition
- 1An, année.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how jaro appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tridek tagoj en septembro, april’, junio, kaj novembro; Ĉiuj kromaj de la kalendar’ Tridek-unu havas, krom februar’, Kun dudek-ok, tri jarojn el kvar, Sed dudek-naŭ en superjar’
En la lastaj jaroj, la Kataluna Esperanto-Junularo (KEJ) spertas rimarkindan sukceson.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.