jejune
/d͡ʒəˈdʒuːn/
"jejune" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“jejune” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not nutritious.
Corpus desk
Index EN-jejune · jejune · English
jejune · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "J" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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 | jejune |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /d͡ʒəˈdʒuːn/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “jejune” in English
Rare enough to double-check
jejune is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /d͡ʒəˈdʒuːn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for jejune in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin iēiūnus (“fasting”). The correct English form is jejune, spelled J-E-J-U-N-E.
Definition
- 1Not nutritious.
- 2Lacking matter; empty; devoid of substance.
- 3Naive; simplistic.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how jejune appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I have often wondered why some late Writers should sensure Tully's Letters for being too naked and jejune, when that to his Friend Lucceius, which the Reader will find in this Collection, is a plain Demonstration to the contrary?
This renders the recognition of alternatives a paramount necessity for a logic of discovery, which can no longer dismiss them with a jejune chapter on 'disjunctive propositions'.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin iēiūnus (“fasting”).
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.