jettes

\ʒɛt\

/\ʒɛt\/ verb

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The verdict

“jettes” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,456. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,456
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-jettes · jettes · French

jettes · rank #32,456 · 6 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,456
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH Jenifer

Nearest frequency peer: Jenifer (-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 « jettes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « jettes » 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).

jettes vs justes
67% similar
jettes vs joutes
67% similar
jettes vs jets
67% similar

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

Key facts for jettes
PropertyValue
Headwordjettes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʒɛt\
Letters6
Frequency rank#32,456
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « jettes »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Jenifer » (#32,455), « jumelage » (#32,457), « jaillit » (#32,454). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « jettes » est au #32,456. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around jettes (IPA \ʒɛt\), averb. Corpus frequency is #32,456 among 957 “J” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for jettes, with forms such as "ejttes", "jetets", and "jettess". 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, "justes", "joutes", "jets", 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, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is jettes, spelled J-E-T-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de jeter.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de jeter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il vaudrait mieux que tu jettes un œil.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ejttes
  • jetets
  • jettess
  • jettse
  • jjettes
  • jtetes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ejttes2jetets2jettess1jettse2jjettes1jtetes2
Edit distance from "jettes"

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 "jettes"?
"jettes" is spelled J-E-T-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒɛt\.
What does "jettes" mean?
As a verb, "jettes" means: Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de jeter.
What words are commonly confused with "jettes"?
"jettes" is commonly confused with "justes", "joutes", "jets". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "jettes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jettes" is \ʒɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jettes" come from?
"jettes" 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 "jettes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

laitue#32,462inapte#32,443léguer#32,473Lépine#32,474

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Lyme6 variantspavie6 variantsDacia6 variantscouve6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list