jour

/ʒuʁ/

//ʒuʁ// noun

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The verdict

“jour” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #51,028 among 645 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,028
frequency rank, Spanish
645
“J” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Día.

Corpus desk

Index ES-jour · jour · Spanish

jour · rank #51,028 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,028
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 645
  • PHOTO-FINISH jewel

Nearest frequency peer: jewel (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “jour”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “jour” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for jour
PropertyValue
Headwordjour
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ʒuʁ/
Letters4
Frequency rank#51,028
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “jour” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).jourcae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “jewel” (#51,027), “joystick” (#51,029), “jem” (#51,026). Entre 645 lemas con “J”, “jour” va en #51,028. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

jour is uncommon Spanish at frequency #51,028 among 645 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ʒuʁ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Día.".

No misspelling variants are generated for jour in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is jour, spelled J-O-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Día.

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "jour"?
"jour" is spelled J-O-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ʒuʁ/.
What does "jour" mean?
As a noun, "jour" means: Día.
How do you pronounce "jour"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jour" is /ʒuʁ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jour" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "jour", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

juba#51,030korn#51,033leda#51,038loas#51,049

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list