Jaume
[ˈʒawmə]
The verdict
“Jaume” is uncommon French (frequency #65,246 among 957 “J” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,246
- frequency rank, French
- 957
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jacques.
Corpus desk
Index FR-jaume · Jaume · French
Jaume · rank #65,246 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,246
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 957
- PHOTO-FINISH janissaires
Nearest frequency peer: janissaires (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Jaume »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Jair
Jair
34,758 corpus weight
- Janie
Janie
34,757 corpus weight
- janissaires
janissaires
34,756 corpus weight
- Jaume
Jaume
34,755 corpus weight
- jerk
jerk
34,754 corpus weight
- jeûnes
jeûnes
34,752 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Jaume » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Jaume |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈʒawmə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #65,246 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Jaume » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Jaume is uncommon French at frequency #65,246 among 957 “J” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈʒawmə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Jacques.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Jaume, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Jaume, spelled J-A-U-M-E.
Definition
- 1Jacques.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Jaume appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sant Jaume el Major.
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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