carton jaune
\kaʁ.tɔ̃ ʒon\
The verdict
“carton jaune” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Avertissement donné par l’arbitre d’un match de football ou de rugby a un joueur qui a commis certaines fautes telles que l’obstruction volontaire, un comportement antisportif, la contestation d’un...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | carton jaune |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kaʁ.tɔ̃ ʒon\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “carton jaune” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for carton jaune is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kaʁ.tɔ̃ ʒon\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for carton jaune, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is carton jaune, spelled C-A-R-T-O-N- -J-A-U-N-E.
Definition
- 1Avertissement donné par l’arbitre d’un match de football ou de rugby a un joueur qui a commis certaines fautes telles que l’obstruction volontaire, un comportement antisportif, la contestation d’une décision d’arbitrage, etc.
- 2Signalement public d’une erreur ou d’une faute.
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.
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Using “carton jaune”
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- The one correct French spelling is C-A-R-T-O-N- -J-A-U-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kaʁ.tɔ̃ ʒon\ (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.