jetais

\ʒə.tɛ\

/\ʒə.tɛ\/ verb

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The verdict

“jetais” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,960. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,960
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de jeter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-jetais · jetais · French

jetais · rank #42,960 · 8 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,960
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH jetter

Nearest frequency peer: jetter (+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 « jetais »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « jetais » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

jetais vs jets
67% similar
jetais vs jetés
67% similar
jetais vs jouais
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for jetais
PropertyValue
Headwordjetais
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʒə.tɛ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#42,960
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « jetais »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.jetaisse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « jetter » (#42,961), « joaillier » (#42,963), « ito » (#42,956). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « jetais » est au #42,960. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around jetais (IPA \ʒə.tɛ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #42,960 among 957 “J” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for jetais, with forms such as "ejtais", "jeatis", and "jetaiss". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "jets", "jetés", "jouais", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is jetais, spelled J-E-T-A-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de jeter.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de jeter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how jetais appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Quant à moi à nouveau rendue libre de toute appréhension je me jetais avec précipitation sur le cornet dans lequel je décelais, une orange, un jeanbonhomme, un pain d’épices à l’effigie du grand saint, et plaisir suprême, quelques papillotes.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ejtais
  • jeatis
  • jetaiss
  • jetasi
  • jetias
  • jettais
  • jjetais
  • jteais

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of jetais - 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.

ejtais2jeatis2jetaiss1jetasi2jetias2jettais1jjetais1jteais2
Edit distance from "jetais"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "jetais"?
"jetais" is spelled J-E-T-A-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒə.tɛ\.
What does "jetais" mean?
As a verb, "jetais" means: Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de jeter.
What words are commonly confused with "jetais"?
"jetais" is commonly confused with "jets", "jetés", "jouais". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "jetais"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jetais" is \ʒə.tɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jetais" come from?
"jetais" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "jetais", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

jetter#42,961kebabs#42,969inique#42,947landon#42,973

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

knock8 variantslimace8 variantsliquid8 variantshâter8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list