cul-jaune
\ky.ʒon\
The verdict
“cul-jaune” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grosse guêpe de l’espèce Vespa crabro.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cul-jaune · cul-jaune · French
cul-jaune · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | cul-jaune |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ky.ʒon\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cul-jaune » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cul-jaune is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ky.ʒon\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Grosse guêpe de l’espèce Vespa crabro.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cul-jaune, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is cul-jaune, spelled C-U-L---J-A-U-N-E.
Definition
- 1Grosse guêpe de l’espèce Vespa crabro.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cul-jaune appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans l’ombre du grenier abandonné, un ancien nid de cul-jaunes subsistait, ces frelons au postérieur d’or, redoutés pour leur férocité silencieuse, que nul ne s’aventurait plus à déranger.
Synonyms
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.