jasmin

/\ʒas.mɛ̃\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#21,673

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

jasmin is aFrenchnoun. It means: Arbustes sarmenteux du genre Jasminum, de la famille des Oleaceae, aux fleurs souvent jaunes ou blanches et dont plusieurs espèces cultivées ont des fleurs très odoriférantes. Pronounced \ʒas.mɛ̃\. Often confused with Jason and Justin.

Key facts for jasmin
PropertyValue
Headwordjasmin
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒas.mɛ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#21,673
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of jasmin in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for jasmin is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʒas.mɛ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #21,673 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for jasmin, with forms such as "ajsmin", "jamsin", and "jasimn". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Jason", "Justin", "Jospin", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is jasmin, spelled J-A-S-M-I-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Arbustes sarmenteux du genre Jasminum, de la famille des Oleaceae, aux fleurs souvent jaunes ou blanches et dont plusieurs espèces cultivées ont des fleurs très odoriférantes.
  2. 2
    Jasmin officinal.
  3. 3
    Fleur de ces plantes.
  4. 4
    Nom usuel donné à plusieurs espèces de plantes qui ressemblent au jasmin (du genre Jasminum) mais qui sont d'un autre genre.
  5. 5
    Petits ornements de passementerie noués ensemble et destinés à orner des franges.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ajsmin,jamsin,jasimn,jasminn,jasmmin,jasmni,jassmin,jjasmin,jsamin

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for jasmin

Misspelling Variants of "jasmin"

ajsmin6jamsin6jasimn6jasminn7jasmmin7jasmni6jassmin7jjasmin7
Misspelling Variants of "jasmin"

Frequency rank: #21,673 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "jasmin"?
"jasmin" is spelled J-A-S-M-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒas.mɛ̃\.
What does "jasmin" mean?
As a noun, "jasmin" means: Arbustes sarmenteux du genre Jasminum, de la famille des Oleaceae, aux fleurs souvent jaunes ou blanches et dont plusieurs espèces cultivées ont des fleurs très odoriférantes.
What words are commonly confused with "jasmin"?
"jasmin" is commonly confused with "Jason", "Justin", "Jospin". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "jasmin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jasmin" is \ʒas.mɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jasmin" come from?
"jasmin" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.