jassé

\ja.se\

/\ja.se\/ verb

The verdict

“jassé” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
5
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Participe passé masculin singulier de jasser (au sens du jeu de cartes).

Key facts for jassé
PropertyValue
Headwordjassé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ja.se\
Letters5
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “jassé” sits in French frequency

jassé falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for jassé is 5 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ja.se\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Participe passé masculin singulier de jasser (au sens du jeu de cartes).".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for jassé, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 jassé, spelled J-A-S-S-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe passé masculin singulier de jasser (au sens du jeu de cartes).

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "jassé"?
"jassé" is spelled J-A-S-S-É. The IPA pronunciation is \ja.se\.
What does "jassé" mean?
As a verb, "jassé" means: Participe passé masculin singulier de jasser (au sens du jeu de cartes).
How do you pronounce "jassé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jassé" is \ja.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jassé" come from?
"jassé" 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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Using “jassé”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is J-A-S-S-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ja.se\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list