jarret

\ʒa.ʁɛ\

/\ʒa.ʁɛ\/ noun

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The verdict

“jarret” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,693. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,693
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - La partie du corps humain située entre la cuisse et le mollet, et derrière le genou et qui prend le nom de fosse poplitée (anciennement creux poplité) en anatomie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-jarret · jarret · French

jarret · rank #45,693 · 7 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #45,693
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH jalonnent

Nearest frequency peer: jalonnent (-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 « jarret »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « jarret » 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).

jarret vs Jarry
50% similar
jarret vs Jaurès
33% similar
jarret vs Janet
50% similar

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

Key facts for jarret
PropertyValue
Headwordjarret
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒa.ʁɛ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#45,693
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « jarret »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).jarretse 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 « jalonnent » (#45,692), « joystick » (#45,694), « jalon » (#45,691). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « jarret » est au #45,693. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around jarret (IPA \ʒa.ʁɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,693 among 957 “J” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for jarret, with forms such as "ajrret", "jarert", and "jaret". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Jarry", "Jaurès", "Janet", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 jarret, spelled J-A-R-R-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    La partie du corps humain située entre la cuisse et le mollet, et derrière le genou et qui prend le nom de fosse poplitée (anciennement creux poplité) en anatomie.
  2. 2
    Région du tarse, endroit où se plie le membre caudal (patte arrière) des animaux quadrupèdes entre la jambe et le métatarse (os canon).
  3. 3
    Les muscles et les os de cette partie, dans une préparation culinaire.
  4. 4
    Sorte de saillie ou de bosse qui vient rompre accidentellement l’harmonie d’une ligne, en particulier dans une voûte.
  5. 5
    Un des noms vulgaires du picarel commun (poisson).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il a le jarret souple.
  2. Plier, raidir, tendre le jarret.

Synonyms

région tarsiennefosse poplitéecreux poplitéjaja

This word in other languages

ham(English)corva(Español)Kniekehle(Deutsch)jarrete(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ajrret
  • jarert
  • jaret
  • jarrett
  • jarrte
  • jjarret
  • jraret

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of jarret - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ajrret2jarert2jaret1jarrett1jarrte2jjarret1jraret2
Edit distance from "jarret"

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 "jarret"?
"jarret" is spelled J-A-R-R-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒa.ʁɛ\.
What does "jarret" mean?
As a noun, "jarret" means: La partie du corps humain située entre la cuisse et le mollet, et derrière le genou et qui prend le nom de fosse poplitée (anciennement creux poplité) en anatomie.
What words are commonly confused with "jarret"?
"jarret" is commonly confused with "Jarry", "Jaurès", "Janet". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "jarret"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jarret" is \ʒa.ʁɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jarret" come from?
"jarret" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

larbin#45,705Luynes#45,718mainte#45,723hésita#45,662

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

judge7 variantsjalon7 variantslazar7 variantslivra7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list