julienne
/ˌdʒuːliˈɛn/
"julienne" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“julienne” is an uncommon English word, ranked #69,985 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #69,985
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A garnish of vegetables cut into long, thin strips.
| 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) |
Where “julienne” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for julienne is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˌdʒuːliˈɛn/. Corpus data places it at rank #69,985 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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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- The one correct English spelling is J-U-L-I-E-N-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.