jobin

\ʒɔ.bɛ̃\

/\ʒɔ.bɛ̃\/ adj

The verdict

“jobin” is uncommon French (frequency #54,051 among 957 “J” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,051
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonyme de jobard.

Corpus desk

Index FR-jobin · jobin · French

jobin · rank #54,051 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,051
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH JMJ

Nearest frequency peer: JMJ (-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 « jobin »

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 « jobin » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for jobin
PropertyValue
Headwordjobin
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʒɔ.bɛ̃\
Letters5
Frequency rank#54,051
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « jobin » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).jobintombe 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: « JMJ » (#54,050), « jongleurs » (#54,052), « jetai » (#54,049). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « jobin » est au #54,051. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

jobin is uncommon French at frequency #54,051 among 957 “J” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʒɔ.bɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonyme de jobard.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for jobin, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is jobin, spelled J-O-B-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Synonyme de jobard.

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 "jobin"?
"jobin" is spelled J-O-B-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒɔ.bɛ̃\.
What does "jobin" mean?
As an adjective, "jobin" means: Synonyme de jobard.
How do you pronounce "jobin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jobin" is \ʒɔ.bɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jobin" come from?
"jobin" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list