jogger

\dʒɔ.ɡe\

/\dʒɔ.ɡe\/ verb

The verdict

“jogger” is uncommon French (frequency #90,849 among 957 “J” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,849
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire un jogging.

Corpus desk

Index FR-jogger · jogger · French

jogger · rank #90,849 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,849
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH jig

Nearest frequency peer: jig (-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 « jogger »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for jogger
PropertyValue
Headwordjogger
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\dʒɔ.ɡe\
Letters6
Frequency rank#90,849
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « jogger » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.joggertombe 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: « jig » (#90,848), « jonglage » (#90,850), « jeopardy » (#90,847). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « jogger » est au #90,849. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

jogger is uncommon French at frequency #90,849 among 957 “J” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \dʒɔ.ɡe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Faire un jogging.".

No misspelling variants are generated for jogger in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is jogger, spelled J-O-G-G-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faire un jogging.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Aujourd’hui, quand les Français font du sport en dehors de leur domicile […] ils choisissent majoritairement de jouer au tennis […], ou bien ils participent à des séances de gymnastique, d’assouplissement, de musculation ou d’aérobic (9 % en 1985), ou bien encore ils nagent (8,6 % des interviewés joggent ou marathonent).
  2. – À la maison, je suppose. Je ne suis rentré du centre sportif qu’à six heures du matin après avoir aidé à ranger. Il était déjà parti jogger. Comme chaque matin.

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 "jogger"?
"jogger" is spelled J-O-G-G-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \dʒɔ.ɡe\.
What does "jogger" mean?
As a verb, "jogger" means: Faire un jogging.
How do you pronounce "jogger"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jogger" is \dʒɔ.ɡe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list