Josserand
The verdict
“Josserand” is uncommon French (frequency #98,131 among 957 “J” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,131
- frequency rank, French
- 957
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-josserand · Josserand · French
Josserand · rank #98,131 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,131
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 957
- PHOTO-FINISH jouiront
Nearest frequency peer: jouiront (+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 « Josserand »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
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javelots
1,876 corpus weight
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Jaworski
1,875 corpus weight
- Josserand
Josserand
1,870 corpus weight
- jouiront
jouiront
1,869 corpus weight
- journalist
journalist
1,868 corpus weight
- juxtaposer
juxtaposer
1,865 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Josserand » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Josserand |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #98,131 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Josserand » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Josserand is uncommon French at frequency #98,131 among 957 “J” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Josserand, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Josserand, spelled J-O-S-S-E-R-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Josserand appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les jeunes « puffeurs » d’aujourd’hui « seront les fumeurs de demain, répète Loïc Josseran ».
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.
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