jatte
\ʒat\
The verdict
“jatte” is an uncommon French word, ranked #54,047 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #54,047
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Espèce de vase rond, tout d’une pièce et sans rebord, de profondeur intermédiaire entre un grand bol et une écuelle, généralement en terre cuite, en faïence ou en porcelaine (plus rarement en bois)...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jatte |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒat\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #54,047 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jatte” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for jatte is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʒat\. Corpus data places it at rank #54,047 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for jatte, 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.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is jatte, spelled J-A-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Espèce de vase rond, tout d’une pièce et sans rebord, de profondeur intermédiaire entre un grand bol et une écuelle, généralement en terre cuite, en faïence ou en porcelaine (plus rarement en bois), utilisée dans la confection de plusieurs mets comme les compotes ou les entremets, des fruits au sirop, du lait, du fromage blanc, parfois pour du thé ou un consommé.
- 2Sébile de bois percée de trous dont se servent les passementiers.
- 3Pièce d’artifice du genre des girandoles.
- 4Employé pour désigner un bateau.
- 5Bouche d’une personne bavarde.
- 6Tasse. Spécialement : (a) tasse de café (contenu seulement) ; (b) tasse de ou à soupe (contenant ou contenu) ; mug.
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 “jatte”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is J-A-T-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʒat\ (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.