jeopardy
\ˈd͡ʒɛp.ə.di\
The verdict
“jeopardy” is uncommon French (frequency #90,847 among 957 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,847
- frequency rank, French
- 957
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Danger, péril.
Corpus desk
Index FR-jeopardy · jeopardy · French
jeopardy · rank #90,847 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,847
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 957
- PHOTO-FINISH jau
Nearest frequency peer: jau (-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 « jeopardy »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- jau
jau
9,155 corpus weight
- jeopardy
jeopardy
9,154 corpus weight
- jig
jig
9,153 corpus weight
- jogger
jogger
9,152 corpus weight
- jonglage
jonglage
9,151 corpus weight
- jonglant
jonglant
9,150 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « jeopardy » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jeopardy |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈd͡ʒɛp.ə.di\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #90,847 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « jeopardy » en français
Rare enough to double-check
jeopardy is uncommon French at frequency #90,847 among 957 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈd͡ʒɛp.ə.di\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Danger, péril.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for jeopardy, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is jeopardy, spelled J-E-O-P-A-R-D-Y.
Definition
- 1Danger, péril.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how jeopardy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
’Now do be careful of yourself, pray do, and consider what jeopardy you might have stood in. Good night! bless you!’ (Barnaby Rudge Charles Dickens)
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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