de jour
\də juʁ\
The verdict
“de jour” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Au cours de la journée, pendant qu'il fait jour.
Corpus desk
Index FR-de-jour · de jour · French
de jour · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | de jour |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \də juʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « de jour » en français
Rare enough to double-check
de jour is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \də juʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Au cours de la journée, pendant qu'il fait jour.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for de jour, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is de jour, spelled D-E- -J-O-U-R.
Definition
- 1Au cours de la journée, pendant qu'il fait jour.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how de jour appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’est une ville qu’il vaut mieux visiter de jour.
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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.