Jef
\ʒɛf\
The verdict
“Jef” is uncommon French (frequency #57,353 among 957 “J” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,353
- frequency rank, French
- 957
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin, diminutif de Joseph.
Corpus desk
Index FR-jef · Jef · French
Jef · rank #57,353 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,353
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 957
- PHOTO-FINISH jarretelles
Nearest frequency peer: jarretelles (-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 « Jef »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- jailli
jailli
42,651 corpus weight
- Jamet
Jamet
42,650 corpus weight
- jarretelles
jarretelles
42,649 corpus weight
- Jef
Jef
42,648 corpus weight
- Joigny
Joigny
42,647 corpus weight
- judiciairem…
judiciairement
42,645 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Jef » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Jef |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ʒɛf\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #57,353 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Jef » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Jef is uncommon French at frequency #57,353 among 957 “J” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ʒɛf\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom masculin, diminutif de Joseph.".
Jef has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Jef, spelled J-E-F.
Definition
- 1Prénom masculin, diminutif de Joseph.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Jef appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un jour, précisément, que M. Peyrot des Gachons risquait un œil dans ce « Bœuf », ce fut pour voir Jef Kessel enfoncer d’un coup de poing, jusqu’à la pomme d’Adam, le haut de forme d’un mondain insolent.
Non Jef, t'es pas tout seul Mais arrête de pleurer Comme ça devant tout le monde Parce qu'une demi-vieille Parce qu'une fausse blonde T'a relaissé tomber.
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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