jaser

\ʒa.ze\

/\ʒa.ze\/ verb

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The verdict

“jaser” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,706. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,706
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pousser son cri, en parlant des geais, des pies et de quelques autres oiseaux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-jaser · jaser · French

jaser · rank #25,706 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,706
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH Jehan

Nearest frequency peer: Jehan (+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 « jaser »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « jaser » 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).

jaser vs José
20% similar
jaser vs jouer
60% similar
jaser vs jeter
60% similar

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

Key facts for jaser
PropertyValue
Headwordjaser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʒa.ze\
Letters5
Frequency rank#25,706
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « jaser »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.jaserse 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 « Jehan » (#25,707), « Iraq » (#25,704), « iraient » (#25,703). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « jaser » est au #25,706. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around jaser (IPA \ʒa.ze\), averb. Corpus frequency is #25,706 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 jaser, with forms such as "ajser", "jaesr", and "jaserr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "José", "jouer", "jeter", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is jaser, spelled J-A-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pousser son cri, en parlant des geais, des pies et de quelques autres oiseaux.
  2. 2
    Se plaire à babiller.
  3. 3
    Parler, à propos de quelqu’un ou de quelque chose, avec une malignité qui va souvent jusqu’à la médisance ou à l’indiscrétion.
  4. 4
    Discuter, parler, bavarder.
  5. 5
    En particulier, faire jaser

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On n’entendit plus que le chuchotement des merles branchés qui jasaient encore, mais ne riaient plus.
  2. Le soir de ce jour mémorable, au retour de l’école, surpris de ne point entendre jaser ou siffler son geai, l’écolier appela le petit père Moreau ; mais l’oiseau favori ne vint point à la voix de son maître.

This word in other languages

gossip(English)murmurar(Español)lästern(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ajser
  • jaesr
  • jaserr
  • jasre
  • jasser
  • jjaser
  • jsaer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of jaser - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ajser2jaesr2jaserr1jasre2jasser1jjaser1jsaer2
Edit distance from "jaser"

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 "jaser"?
"jaser" is spelled J-A-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒa.ze\.
What does "jaser" mean?
As a verb, "jaser" means: Pousser son cri, en parlant des geais, des pies et de quelques autres oiseaux.
What words are commonly confused with "jaser"?
"jaser" is commonly confused with "José", "jouer", "jeter". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "jaser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jaser" is \ʒa.ze\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jaser" come from?
"jaser" 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 "jaser", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Jehan#25,707intox#25,700likes#25,719louée#25,724

Similar misspelling depth

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

motor7 variantsforma7 variantsPepsi7 variantscolles7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list