Jézabel

\ʒe.za.bɛl\

/\ʒe.za.bɛl\/ name

The verdict

“Jézabel” is uncommon French (frequency #88,785 among 957 “J” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,785
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom féminin, notamment porté par l’épouse d’un roi d’Israël.

Corpus desk

Index FR-jezabel · Jézabel · French

Jézabel · rank #88,785 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #88,785
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH juxtapose

Nearest frequency peer: juxtapose (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Jézabel »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Jézabel » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Jézabel
PropertyValue
HeadwordJézabel
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ʒe.za.bɛl\
Letters7
Frequency rank#88,785
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Jézabel » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Jézabeltombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « juxtapose » (#88,784), « kaan » (#88,786), « Kaczynski » (#88,787). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « Jézabel » est au #88,785. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Jézabel is uncommon French at frequency #88,785 among 957 “J” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ʒe.za.bɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom féminin, notamment porté par l’épouse d’un roi d’Israël.".

Jézabel doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Jézabel, spelled J-É-Z-A-B-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom féminin, notamment porté par l’épouse d’un roi d’Israël.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. C’était pendant l’horreur d’une profonde nuit ; Ma mère Jézabel devant moi s’est montrée, Comme au jour de sa mort pompeusement parée ; Ses malheurs n’avaient point abattu sa fierté ; Même elle avait encor cet éclat emprunté Dont elle eut soin de peindre et d’orner son visage, Pour réparer des ans l’irréparable outrage : […]
  2. En ce temps, Jézabel, attentive au plus haut Du palais, dit au Roi : — Seigneur, la chose est faite : Naboth est mort. Ô Chef, monte en ton chariot.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Jézabel"?
"Jézabel" is spelled J-É-Z-A-B-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒe.za.bɛl\.
What does "Jézabel" mean?
As a proper noun, "Jézabel" means: Prénom féminin, notamment porté par l’épouse d’un roi d’Israël.
How do you pronounce "Jézabel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Jézabel" is \ʒe.za.bɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Jézabel" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list