jarre

\ʒaʁ\

/\ʒaʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“jarre” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,218. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,218
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Récipient généralement en terre cuite, de forme ovoïde et de différentes dimensions, où l’on conserve l’eau, l’huile, les olives.

Corpus desk

Index FR-jarre · jarre · French

jarre · rank #28,218 · 5 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,218
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH Janine

Nearest frequency peer: Janine (-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 « jarre »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « jarre » 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).

jarre vs juré
40% similar
jarre vs jaune
60% similar
jarre vs Jerry
40% similar

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

Key facts for jarre
PropertyValue
Headwordjarre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒaʁ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#28,218
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « jarre »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.jarrese 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 « Janine » (#28,217), « jos » (#28,219), « Issa » (#28,216). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « jarre » est au #28,218. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around jarre (IPA \ʒaʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,218 among 957 “J” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for jarre, with forms such as "ajrre", "jare", and "jarer". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "juré", "jaune", "Jerry", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is jarre, spelled J-A-R-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Récipient généralement en terre cuite, de forme ovoïde et de différentes dimensions, où l’on conserve l’eau, l’huile, les olives.
  2. 2
    Fontaine de terre cuite dont on se sert dans les maisons.
  3. 3
    Dans un moulin, futaille où tombe le son.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En fermant les yeux, Jeanne revoit cette boutique minuscule où s’entassent les jarres d’huile et les sacs de farine, où pendent, au plafond, des balais et des brosses, des salamis et des cordes à sauter.
  2. Dans ces deux régions, ce dispositif spécifique, qui s’y est développé de manière apparemment tout à fait indépendante, a été appliqué aussi bien à des jarres de stockage qu’à des conteneurs domestiques de plus petite taille, généralement biansés – ces derniers étant de loin les plus fréquents.

Synonyms

amphore

This word in other languages

jar(English)tinaja(Español)jarro(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ajrre
  • jare
  • jarer
  • jjarre
  • jrare

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of jarre - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ajrre2jare1jarer2jjarre1jrare2
Edit distance from "jarre"

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 "jarre"?
"jarre" is spelled J-A-R-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒaʁ\.
What does "jarre" mean?
As a noun, "jarre" means: Récipient généralement en terre cuite, de forme ovoïde et de différentes dimensions, où l’on conserve l’eau, l’huile, les olives.
What words are commonly confused with "jarre"?
"jarre" is commonly confused with "juré", "jaune", "Jerry". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "jarre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jarre" is \ʒaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jarre" come from?
"jarre" 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 "jarre", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Judée#28,221Kraft#28,225Lazio#28,232hosto#28,198

Similar misspelling depth

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

Kobe5 variantsholy5 variantspaon5 variantsremi5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list