jarretière
\ʒaʁ.tjɛʁ\
The verdict
“jarretière” is uncommon French (frequency #58,043 among 47,938 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,043
- frequency rank, French
- 47,938
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sorte de ruban, de tissu élastique entourant la jambe au-dessus ou au-dessous du genou et qui maintient le bas.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jarretière |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒaʁ.tjɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #58,043 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jarretière” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
jarretière is uncommon French at frequency #58,043 among 47,938 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒaʁ.tjɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for jarretière, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is jarretière, spelled J-A-R-R-E-T-I-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Sorte de ruban, de tissu élastique entourant la jambe au-dessus ou au-dessous du genou et qui maintient le bas.
- 2Ruban mis aux enchères lors d’un mariage.
- 3Certains cordages d’amarrage.
- 4Courte liaison entre deux têtes de câbles dans un répartiteur. On la nomme aussi cordon de brassage
- 5Un des noms vernaculaires d'un poisson tout en longueur, la cépole commune (Cepola macrophthalma).
- 6Bague ayant au moins 5 pierres serties en ligne.
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.
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Using “jarretière”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is J-A-R-R-E-T-I-È-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʒaʁ.tjɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.