Which to use
“jesse” and “jetée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,822
- “jesse” frequency rank
- #13,823
- “jetée” frequency rank
- 27645
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | jesse | jetée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Un des noms vulgaires du leucisque jésès (malacoptérygiens abdominaux). | Amas de pierres, de cailloux et d’autres matériaux jetés à côté du canal qui forme l’entrée d’un port, fortement maçonnés et ordinairement soutenus de pilotis, pour servir à rompre l’impétuosité des vagues. |
Where the eye mixes jesse and jetée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between jesse and jetée
A purely visual mix-up. jesse (\ʒɛs\) and jetée (\ʒə.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27645, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
jesse is recorded at frequency rank #13,822, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʒɛs\. jetée is at rank #13,823, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʒə.te\.
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 27645, this pair ranks #327,743 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of jesse vs jetée
Shared letters: ej. Private to "jesse": s. Private to "jetée": té.
"jesse" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "jetée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- jesse ← ejsse · jese · jeses · jjesse · jsese
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "jesse" for "jetée" ever safe?
Which is more common, "jesse" or "jetée"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "jesse" and "jetée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "jesse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "jetée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #327,743 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "jesse" and "jetée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "jerez vs jetée". 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 #327,743 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.