jesse

/\ʒɛs\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,822

in French word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

jesse is aFrenchnoun. It means: Un des noms vulgaires du leucisque jésès (malacoptérygiens abdominaux). Pronounced \ʒɛs\. Often confused with José and jets.

Key facts for jesse
PropertyValue
Headwordjesse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒɛs\
Letters5
Frequency rank#13,822
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for jesse is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for jesse, with forms such as "ejsse", "jese", and "jeses". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "José", "jets", "Joss", 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 jesse, spelled J-E-S-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Un des noms vulgaires du leucisque jésès (malacoptérygiens abdominaux).

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ejsse,jese,jeses,jjesse,jsese

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for jesse

Misspelling Variants of "jesse"

ejsse5jese4jeses5jjesse6jsese5
Misspelling Variants of "jesse"

Frequency rank: #13,822 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "jesse"?
"jesse" is spelled J-E-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒɛs\.
What does "jesse" mean?
As a noun, "jesse" means: Un des noms vulgaires du leucisque jésès (malacoptérygiens abdominaux).
What words are commonly confused with "jesse"?
"jesse" is commonly confused with "José", "jets", "Joss". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "jesse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jesse" is \ʒɛs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jesse" come from?
"jesse" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.