jet
\ʒɛ\
The verdict
“jet” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #6,105 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #6,105
- frequency rank, French
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action de jeter ou mouvement qu’on imprime à un corps en le jetant.
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 | jet |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒɛ\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #6,105 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jet” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for jet is 3 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʒɛ\. Corpus data places it at rank #6,105 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for jet, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "jo", "JT", "ji", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is jet, spelled J-E-T.
Definition
- 1Action de jeter ou mouvement qu’on imprime à un corps en le jetant.
- 2Action de jeter à la mer une partie du chargement dont on veut se débarrasser pour une raison quelconque, par exemple pour sauver un navire.
- 3Tout le poisson qui sera pris par le coup de filet.
- 4Manière plus ou moins naturelle dont les mouvements, les plis d’une draperie sont rendus dans un tableau.
- 5Action d’introduire, de faire couler la matière dans le moule, lorsqu’elle est en fusion.
- 6Ouvertures ménagées pour donner passage à la matière en fusion et la distribuer dans toutes les parties du moule.
- 7Ce que l'on fait en une fois de manière continue.
- 8Flux d'un liquide ou d'un gaz, qui jaillit avec force en filet, en colonne, etc.
- 9Nouvel essaim qui sort de la ruche.
- 10Bourgeons, des scions que poussent les arbres, les vignes.
- 11Forme élancée et rectiligne d'un arbre.
- 12Courte lanière attachée à la patte de l'oiseau
This word in other languages
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 “jet”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is J-E-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʒɛ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “jo” - see the side-by-side comparison. jet vs jo
- 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.