jaz
\ʒaz\
The verdict
“jaz” is uncommon French (frequency #83,984 among 47,938 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,984
- frequency rank, French
- 47,938
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - La tuyère fait son jaz lorsqu'elle brûle la pierre de fond d’un creuset et l’abaisse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-jaz · jaz · French
jaz · rank #83,984 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,984
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 47,938
- PHOTO-FINISH ius
Nearest frequency peer: ius (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “jaz”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- invendable
invendable
16,023 corpus weight
- Ipanema
Ipanema
16,022 corpus weight
- Irano
Irano
16,021 corpus weight
- ius
ius
16,018 corpus weight
- jaz
jaz
16,017 corpus weight
- jumelages
jumelages
16,013 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “jaz” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jaz |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒaz\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #83,984 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jaz” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
jaz is uncommon French at frequency #83,984 among 47,938 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒaz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "La tuyère fait son jaz lorsqu'elle brûle la pierre de fond d’un creuset et l’abaisse.".
Zero misspellings are on record for jaz in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for 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 jaz, spelled J-A-Z.
Definition
- 1La tuyère fait son jaz lorsqu'elle brûle la pierre de fond d’un creuset et l’abaisse.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.