Saint-Jacques
\sɛ̃.ʒɑk\
The verdict
“Saint-Jacques” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Coquille Saint-Jacques.
Corpus desk
Index FR-saint-jacques · Saint-Jacques · French
Saint-Jacques · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Saint-Jacques |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɛ̃.ʒɑk\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Saint-Jacques is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɛ̃.ʒɑk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Coquille Saint-Jacques.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Saint-Jacques, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Saint-Jacques, spelled S-A-I-N-T---J-A-C-Q-U-E-S.
Definition
- 1Coquille Saint-Jacques.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Saint-Jacques appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On y trouvera par exemple le tourteau rémoulade en entrée, une Saint-Jacques avec ses asperges en plat et un financier pistaches et fraises.
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.