Jeremy

name

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,897

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

Jeremy is aFrenchname. It means: Prénom masculin. Often confused with Jerry and jerez.

Key facts for Jeremy
PropertyValue
HeadwordJeremy
LanguageFrench
Part of speechName
Letters6
Frequency rank#10,897
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Jeremy in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Jeremy is 6 letters long, classified as aname. Corpus data places it at rank #10,897 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Prénom masculin.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Jeremy, with forms such as "ejremy", "jeermy", and "jeremmy". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Jerry", "jerez", "Jérôme", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is Jeremy, spelled J-E-R-E-M-Y, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom masculin.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ejremy,jeermy,jeremmy,jeremyy,jereym,jermey,jerremy,jjeremy,jreemy

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Jeremy

Misspelling Variants of "Jeremy"

ejremy6jeermy6jeremmy7jeremyy7jereym6jermey6jerremy7jjeremy7
Misspelling Variants of "Jeremy"

Frequency rank: #10,897 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Jeremy"?
"Jeremy" is spelled J-E-R-E-M-Y.
What does "Jeremy" mean?
As a name, "Jeremy" means: Prénom masculin.
What words are commonly confused with "Jeremy"?
"Jeremy" is commonly confused with "Jerry", "jerez", "Jérôme". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Jeremy" come from?
"Jeremy" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby French words

Other entries that begin with the letter J in our French index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.