perroquet jaco
\pɛ.ʁɔ.kɛ ʒa.ko\
The verdict
“perroquet jaco” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Perroquet du genre Psittacus, habitant une grande partie de l'Afrique occidentale, fréquent en captivité où il est recherché pour ses talents de parleur.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | perroquet jaco |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɛ.ʁɔ.kɛ ʒa.ko\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “perroquet jaco” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
perroquet jaco is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɛ.ʁɔ.kɛ ʒa.ko\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Perroquet du genre Psittacus, habitant une grande partie de l'Afrique occidentale, fréquent en captivité où il est recherché pour ses talents de parleur.".
Zero misspellings are on record for perroquet jaco in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is perroquet jaco, spelled P-E-R-R-O-Q-U-E-T- -J-A-C-O.
Definition
- 1Perroquet du genre Psittacus, habitant une grande partie de l'Afrique occidentale, fréquent en captivité où il est recherché pour ses talents de parleur.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “perroquet jaco”
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- The one correct French spelling is P-E-R-R-O-Q-U-E-T- -J-A-C-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pɛ.ʁɔ.kɛ ʒa.ko\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.