Which to use
“jade” and “jan” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,403
- “jade” frequency rank
- #8,412
- “jan” frequency rank
- 20815
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | jade | jan |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pierre dure et translucide d’une couleur verdâtre ou olivâtre, parfois blanche. | Chacune des deux tables du jeu de trictrac. |
Where the eye mixes jade and jan
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: jade vs jan
A purely visual mix-up. jade (\ʒad\) and jan (\ʒɑ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20815, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
jade is recorded at frequency rank #12,403, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʒad\. jan is at rank #8,412, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʒɑ̃\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 20815, this pair ranks #366,360 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of jade vs jan
Shared letters: aj. Private to "jade": de. Private to "jan": n.
"jade" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "jan" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- jade ← ajde · jadde · jaed · jdae · jjade
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "jade" and "jan" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "jade" or "jan" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "jade" and "jan" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "jade" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "jan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #366,360 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "jade" and "jan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "jade vs jama". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #366,360 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.