Jeffrey

\dʒɛ.fʁɛ\

/\dʒɛ.fʁɛ\/ name

The verdict

“Jeffrey” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,294. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,294
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin anglophone.

Corpus desk

Index FR-jeffrey · Jeffrey · French

Jeffrey · rank #14,294 · 9 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,294
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH japonaises

Nearest frequency peer: japonaises (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Jeffrey »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Jeffrey » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Jeffrey vs Joffre
71% similar
Jeffrey vs Joffrey
86% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Jeffrey
PropertyValue
HeadwordJeffrey
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\dʒɛ.fʁɛ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#14,294
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Jeffrey »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Jeffreyse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « japonaises » (#14,293), « Jorge » (#14,295), « isolées » (#14,292). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « Jeffrey » est au #14,294. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Jeffrey (IPA \dʒɛ.fʁɛ\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #14,294 among 957 “J” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom masculin anglophone.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Jeffrey, with forms such as "ejffrey", "jeffery", and "jeffreyy". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Joffre", "Joffrey", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 Jeffrey, spelled J-E-F-F-R-E-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom masculin anglophone.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pour rappel, Jeffrey Dahmer (ici interprété par Evan Peters), décédé en 1994, a assassiné 17 jeunes hommes gays, pour la plupart afro-américains, dans les années 1980.
  2. Jeffrey Keene, 63 ans, a expliqué sur Facebook avoir voulu lier son cours à un exercice destiné à préparer les élèves au risque d’intrusion d'un individu armé dans leur lycée, près d’Orlando, en Floride.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ejffrey
  • jeffery
  • jeffreyy
  • jeffrrey
  • jeffrye
  • jefrey
  • jefrfey
  • jfefrey
  • jjeffrey

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Jeffrey - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ejffrey2jeffery2jeffreyy1jeffrrey1jeffrye2jefrey1jefrfey2jfefrey2
Edit distance from "Jeffrey"

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 "Jeffrey"?
"Jeffrey" is spelled J-E-F-F-R-E-Y. The IPA pronunciation is \dʒɛ.fʁɛ\.
What does "Jeffrey" mean?
As a proper noun, "Jeffrey" means: Prénom masculin anglophone.
What words are commonly confused with "Jeffrey"?
"Jeffrey" is commonly confused with "Joffre", "Joffrey". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Jeffrey"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Jeffrey" is \dʒɛ.fʁɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Jeffrey" come from?
"Jeffrey" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list