jaspé
\ʒas.pe\
The verdict
“jaspé” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est peint et bigarré, naturellement ou artificiellement, de manière à imiter le jaspe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-jaspe · jaspé · French
jaspé · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "J" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jaspé |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʒas.pe\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
jaspé is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʒas.pe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui est peint et bigarré, naturellement ou artificiellement, de manière à imiter le jaspe.".
Zero misspellings are on record for jaspé in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is jaspé, spelled J-A-S-P-É.
Definition
- 1Qui est peint et bigarré, naturellement ou artificiellement, de manière à imiter le jaspe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how jaspé appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Des teintes diverses, des nuances d'une extrême délicatesse en coloraient les parois glacées. On la voyait par longues places, tantôt irisée, tantôt jaspée, et partout niellée d'arabesques ou piquetée de paillettes lumineuses.
Des verres de toutes les couleurs, qu’il devait faire fabriquer pour lui, les bleus, les jaunes, les verts, les rouges, pâles, jaspés, fumeux, sombres, nacrés, intenses.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.