javelots

\ʒa.vlo\

/\ʒa.vlo\/ noun

The verdict

“javelots” is uncommon French (frequency #98,125 among 957 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,125
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de javelot.

Corpus desk

Index FR-javelots · javelots · French

javelots · rank #98,125 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #98,125
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH Jarez

Nearest frequency peer: Jarez (-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 « javelots »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « javelots » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for javelots
PropertyValue
Headwordjavelots
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒa.vlo\
Letters8
Frequency rank#98,125
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « javelots » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.javelotstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Jarez » (#98,124), « Jaworski » (#98,126), « jardineries » (#98,123). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « javelots » est au #98,125. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

javelots is uncommon French at frequency #98,125 among 957 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒa.vlo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de javelot.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for javelots, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 javelots, spelled J-A-V-E-L-O-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de javelot.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how javelots appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Déjà la plupart des marins s’éloignent, harcelés par les flèches, les javelots et les pierres, tombant, se relevant, pataugeant à qui mieux mieux dans l’eau qui monte jusqu’à leurs genoux.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "javelots"?
"javelots" is spelled J-A-V-E-L-O-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒa.vlo\.
What does "javelots" mean?
As a noun, "javelots" means: Pluriel de javelot.
How do you pronounce "javelots"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "javelots" is \ʒa.vlo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "javelots" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "javelots", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list