Which to use
“jette” and “jettes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,931
- “jette” frequency rank
- #32,456
- “jettes” frequency rank
- 36387
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | jette | jettes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de jeter. | Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de jeter. |
Same sound, different letters: jette vs jettes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. jette runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against jettes's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: jette vs jettes
This is the hard kind. jette and jettes are pronounced identically (\ʒɛt\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “jette” sits inside “jettes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36387, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
jette is recorded at frequency rank #3,931, classified as averb, pronounced \ʒɛt\. jettes is at rank #32,456, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʒɛt\.
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 36387, this pair ranks #269,977 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of jette vs jettes
Shared letters: ejt. Private to "jette": -. Private to "jettes": s.
"jette" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "jettes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "jette" and "jettes" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "jette" vs "jettes" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "jette" / "jettes". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "jette" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "jettes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #269,977 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "jette" and "jettes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "jettera vs jettes". 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 #269,977 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.