Jugurtha

name

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The verdict

“Jugurtha” is uncommon French (frequency #81,284 among 957 “J” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,284
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Roi de Numidie, vaincu par Marius.

Corpus desk

Index FR-jugurtha · Jugurtha · French

Jugurtha · rank #81,284 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,284
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH judicieuses

Nearest frequency peer: judicieuses (-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 « Jugurtha »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Jugurtha
PropertyValue
HeadwordJugurtha
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters8
Frequency rank#81,284
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Jugurtha » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Jugurthatombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « judicieuses » (#81,283), « juiverie » (#81,285), « jouisse » (#81,282). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « Jugurtha » est au #81,284. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Jugurtha is uncommon French at frequency #81,284 among 957 “J” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Roi de Numidie, vaincu par Marius.".

No misspelling variants are generated for Jugurtha in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Jugurtha, spelled J-U-G-U-R-T-H-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Roi de Numidie, vaincu par Marius.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Jugurtha inter alias jacit oportere consulta et decreta omnia rescindi.

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 "Jugurtha"?
"Jugurtha" is spelled J-U-G-U-R-T-H-A.
What does "Jugurtha" mean?
As a proper noun, "Jugurtha" means: Roi de Numidie, vaincu par Marius.
What language does "Jugurtha" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

juiverie#81,285joignait#81,280jacquart#81,277inspires#81,265

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list