julienne
/ˌdʒuːliˈɛn/
"julienne" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“julienne” is uncommon English (frequency #69,985 among 796 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,985
- frequency rank, English
- 796
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A garnish of vegetables cut into long, thin strips.
Corpus desk
Index EN-julienne · julienne · English
julienne · rank #69,985 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,985
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 796
- PHOTO-FINISH Junie
Nearest frequency peer: Junie (+1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “julienne”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- jomo
jomo
30,020 corpus weight
- julienne
julienne
30,016 corpus weight
- Junie
Junie
30,015 corpus weight
- juried
juried
30,014 corpus weight
- kabuto
kabuto
30,011 corpus weight
- Kaminski
Kaminski
30,009 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “julienne” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | julienne |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌdʒuːliˈɛn/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #69,985 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “julienne” in English
Rare enough to double-check
julienne is uncommon English at frequency #69,985 among 796 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌdʒuːliˈɛn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A garnish of vegetables cut into long, thin strips.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for julienne in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French julienne (1722), from given name Jules or Julien, presumably from an otherwise unknown chef of that name. Originally used in potage julienne (“Julienne potage, soup in the manner of Jules/Julien”), meaning “soup made from thin slices”; this sens… The correct English form is julienne, spelled J-U-L-I-E-N-N-E.
Definition
- 1A garnish of vegetables cut into long, thin strips.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how julienne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I compose a Julienne of carrots, leeks, turnips, sorrel, French beans, celery, green peas, &c. These I prepare in the ordinary way, which consists in cutting the carrots, turnips, leeks, French beans and celery into small pieces, either round or long.
Etymology
From French julienne (1722), from given name Jules or Julien, presumably from an otherwise unknown chef of that name. Originally used in potage julienne (“Julienne potage, soup in the manner of Jules/Julien”), meaning “soup made from thin slices”; this sense is now known as chiffonade.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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