jesse
\ʒɛs\
The verdict
“jesse” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #13,822 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #13,822
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Un des noms vulgaires du leucisque jésès (malacoptérygiens abdominaux).
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jesse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒɛs\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #13,822 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jesse” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for jesse is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʒɛs\. Corpus data places it at rank #13,822 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Un des noms vulgaires du leucisque jésès (malacoptérygiens abdominaux).".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for jesse, with forms such as "ejsse", "jese", and "jeses". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "José", "jets", "Joss", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is jesse, spelled J-E-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Un des noms vulgaires du leucisque jésès (malacoptérygiens abdominaux).
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ejsse,jese,jeses,jjesse,jsese
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of jesse - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “jesse”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is J-E-S-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʒɛs\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “José” - see the side-by-side comparison. jesse vs José
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.