à jour
\a ʒuʁ\
The verdict
“à jour” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Correspondant à l’état actuel du savoir, du progrès, aux derniers développements, etc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-jour · à jour · French
à jour · 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 "À" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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 | à jour |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a ʒuʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « à jour » en français
Rare enough to double-check
à jour is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a ʒuʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Correspondant à l’état actuel du savoir, du progrès, aux derniers développements, etc.".
à jour doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is à jour, spelled À- -J-O-U-R.
Definition
- 1Correspondant à l’état actuel du savoir, du progrès, aux derniers développements, etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how à jour appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J’ai voulu envoyer un courriel à mes anciens collègues, mais ma liste d’adresses n’était plus à jour.
Cette revue de littérature est excellente, mais malheureusement plus tout à fait à jour.
This word in other languages
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.