au goût du jour

\o ɡu dy ʒuʁ\

/\o ɡu dy ʒuʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“au goût du jour” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - À la mode ; selon les goûts, les mœurs du moment.

Key facts for au goût du jour
PropertyValue
Headwordau goût du jour
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\o ɡu dy ʒuʁ\
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “au goût du jour” sits in French frequency

au goût du jour falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for au goût du jour is 15 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \o ɡu dy ʒuʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "À la mode ; selon les goûts, les mœurs du moment.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for au goût du jour, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is au goût du jour, spelled A-U- -G-O-Û-T- -D-U- -J-O-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    À la mode ; selon les goûts, les mœurs du moment.

Synonyms

à la modedans le venten vogue

Antonyms

démodé

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "au goût du jour"?
"au goût du jour" is spelled A-U- -G-O-Û-T- -D-U- -J-O-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \o ɡu dy ʒuʁ\.
What does "au goût du jour" mean?
As an adjective, "au goût du jour" means: À la mode ; selon les goûts, les mœurs du moment.
How do you pronounce "au goût du jour"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "au goût du jour" is \o ɡu dy ʒuʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "au goût du jour" come from?
"au goût du jour" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “au goût du jour”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is A-U- -G-O-Û-T- -D-U- -J-O-U-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \o ɡu dy ʒuʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list