jockey

\ʒɔ.kɛ\

/\ʒɔ.kɛ\/ noun

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The verdict

“jockey” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,409. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,409
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui a pour métier de monter des chevaux dans les courses.

Corpus desk

Index FR-jockey · jockey · French

jockey · rank #29,409 · 9 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,409
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH joliette

Nearest frequency peer: joliette (+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 « jockey »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « jockey » 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).

jockey vs joey
67% similar
jockey vs joke
67% similar
jockey vs joker
67% similar

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

Key facts for jockey
PropertyValue
Headwordjockey
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒɔ.kɛ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#29,409
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « jockey »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.jockeyse 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 « joliette » (#29,410), « jetable » (#29,407), « Kafka » (#29,411). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « jockey » est au #29,409. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around jockey (IPA \ʒɔ.kɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,409 among 957 “J” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for jockey, with forms such as "jcokey", "jjockey", and "jocckey". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "joey", "joke", "joker", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is jockey, spelled J-O-C-K-E-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne qui a pour métier de monter des chevaux dans les courses.
  2. 2
    Personne qui fait de la voltige, dans le langage du cirque.
  3. 3
    Jeune domestique qui conduit une voiture en postillon.
  4. 4
    Jeu qui se joue avec un trictrac (dans ce cas, le mot français dérivé est jacquet).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En dehors de vous-même, il y a si je ne m’abuse, une infirmière major, une Surveillante Générale, un ancien jockey servant de factotum, une centraliste, un maître d’hôtel, un cuisinier et son aide, deux femmes de chambre, trois serveurs, trois filles de salle et un jardinier…
  2. Le général, qui n’aimait pas les jeunes gens, dit qu’il avait rencontré Le Ménil, la veille, au Bois, galopant à tombeau ouvert. Il déclara que les vieux cavaliers conservaient seuls la bonne tradition, que les gens du monde avaient maintenant le tort de monter comme des jockeys.

This word in other languages

jockey(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • jcokey
  • jjockey
  • jocckey
  • joceky
  • jockeyy
  • jockkey
  • jockye
  • jokcey
  • ojckey

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

jcokey2jjockey1jocckey1joceky2jockeyy1jockkey1jockye2jokcey2
Edit distance from "jockey"

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 "jockey"?
"jockey" is spelled J-O-C-K-E-Y. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒɔ.kɛ\.
What does "jockey" mean?
As a noun, "jockey" means: Personne qui a pour métier de monter des chevaux dans les courses.
What words are commonly confused with "jockey"?
"jockey" is commonly confused with "joey", "joke", "joker". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "jockey"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jockey" is \ʒɔ.kɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jockey" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

kaiser#29,412lentes#29,418lutins#29,426marqua#29,434

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

joliette9 variantsinsinue9 variantsLisieux9 variantsMantoue9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list