jésus
\ʒe.zy\
The verdict
“jésus” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,873. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,873
- frequency rank, French
- 957
- “J” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de saucisson de grand diamètre, produit en particulier à Lyon (jésus de Lyon) et en Franche-Comté (jésus de Morteau ou jésu de morteau).
Corpus desk
Index FR-jesus · jésus · French
jésus · rank #1,873 · 8 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,873
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 957
- PHOTO-FINISH jolie
Nearest frequency peer: jolie (-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 « jésus »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- importants
importants
98,131 corpus weight
- jaune
jaune
98,130 corpus weight
- jolie
jolie
98,129 corpus weight
- jésus
jésus
98,128 corpus weight
- longueur
longueur
98,127 corpus weight
- minimum
minimum
98,126 corpus weight
What this shows « jésus » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | jésus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒe.zy\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #1,873 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « jésus »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around jésus (IPA \ʒe.zy\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,873 among 957 “J” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for jésus, with forms such as "jesus", "jjésus", and "jséus". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "jeu", "jus", "jeux", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is jésus, spelled J-É-S-U-S.
Definition
- 1Sorte de saucisson de grand diamètre, produit en particulier à Lyon (jésus de Lyon) et en Franche-Comté (jésus de Morteau ou jésu de morteau).
- 2Papier jésus, (au format 72 x 56 cm).
- 3Représentation du personnage de Jésus sous la forme d’une figurine de crèche.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how jésus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nous étions en train de saucissonner, et notre visiteur, ayant jeté au jésus, au pain de campagne et à la motte de beurre un regard intéressé, fut invité à se joindre à nous...
Il porta la main à sa ceinture, y fit sauter le bouton d’une courte poche de cuir qui ressemblait à une cartouchière, et en tira trois petits volumes du format in-trente-deux jésus.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- jesus
- jjésus
- jséus
- jéssu
- jéssus
- jésuss
- jéuss
- éjsus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of jésus - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "jésus", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).