auberge de jeunesse

\o.bɛʁʒ də ʒø.nɛs\

/\o.bɛʁʒ də ʒø.nɛs\/ noun

The verdict

“auberge de jeunesse” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
19
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Établissement offrant la location de lits dans des chambres ou dortoirs et des repas, pour une courte durée et à des prix bas.

Key facts for auberge de jeunesse
PropertyValue
Headwordauberge de jeunesse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\o.bɛʁʒ də ʒø.nɛs\
Letters19
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “auberge de jeunesse” sits in French frequency

auberge de jeunesse 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.

Rare enough to double-check

auberge de jeunesse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \o.bɛʁʒ də ʒø.nɛs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Établissement offrant la location de lits dans des chambres ou dortoirs et des repas, pour une courte durée et à des prix bas.".

auberge de jeunesse doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is auberge de jeunesse, spelled A-U-B-E-R-G-E- -D-E- -J-E-U-N-E-S-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Établissement offrant la location de lits dans des chambres ou dortoirs et des repas, pour une courte durée et à des prix bas.

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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 "auberge de jeunesse"?
"auberge de jeunesse" is spelled A-U-B-E-R-G-E- -D-E- -J-E-U-N-E-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \o.bɛʁʒ də ʒø.nɛs\.
What does "auberge de jeunesse" mean?
As a noun, "auberge de jeunesse" means: Établissement offrant la location de lits dans des chambres ou dortoirs et des repas, pour une courte durée et à des prix bas.
How do you pronounce "auberge de jeunesse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "auberge de jeunesse" is \o.bɛʁʒ də ʒø.nɛs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "auberge de jeunesse" come from?
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Using “auberge de jeunesse”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is A-U-B-E-R-G-E- -D-E- -J-E-U-N-E-S-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \o.bɛʁʒ də ʒø.nɛs\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list