déjeuner

\de.ʒœ.ne\

/\de.ʒœ.ne\/ noun

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The verdict

“déjeuner” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,710. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,710
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Repas de midi. Repas du matin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dejeuner · déjeuner · French

déjeuner · rank #2,710 · 12 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,710
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH délai

Nearest frequency peer: délai (+1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « déjeuner »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « déjeuner » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

déjeuner vs déjouer
75% similar
déjeuner vs demeurer
63% similar
déjeuner vs déjeuners
89% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for déjeuner
PropertyValue
Headworddéjeuner
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\de.ʒœ.ne\
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,710
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « déjeuner »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.déjeunerse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « délai » (#2,711), « débats » (#2,708), « efficacité » (#2,712). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « déjeuner » est au #2,710. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around déjeuner (IPA \de.ʒœ.ne\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,710 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for déjeuner, with forms such as "ddéjeuner", "dejeuner", and "djéeuner". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "déjouer", "demeurer", "déjeuners", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is déjeuner, spelled D-É-J-E-U-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Repas de midi. Repas du matin.
  2. 2
    Repas du matin.
  3. 3
    Pièce de vaisselle de la forme d’une tasse, mais d’une contenance très supérieure, utilisée le matin lors du petit déjeuner. Le déjeuner est un peu moins haut et plus large que le « mug ».

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how déjeuner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Elle décidait de l’entrée au logis et de la mort des cochons, frondait le jardinier, arrêtait le menu du déjeuner et du dîner, allait de la cave au grenier, du grenier dans la cave, en y balayant tout à sa fantaisie sans rien trouver qui lui résistât.
  2. À midi, elle lisait déjà, le grand déjeuner finissant à onze heures.

This word in other languages

lunch(English)comida(Español)Mittagessen(Deutsch)almoço(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddéjeuner
  • dejeuner
  • djéeuner
  • déejuner
  • déjenuer
  • déjeuenr
  • déjeunerr
  • déjeunner
  • déjeunre
  • déjjeuner
  • déjuener
  • édjeuner

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of déjeuner - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ddéjeuner1dejeuner1djéeuner2déejuner2déjenuer2déjeuenr2déjeunerr1déjeunner1
Edit distance from "déjeuner"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "déjeuner"?
"déjeuner" is spelled D-É-J-E-U-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \de.ʒœ.ne\.
What does "déjeuner" mean?
As a noun, "déjeuner" means: Repas de midi. Repas du matin.
What words are commonly confused with "déjeuner"?
"déjeuner" is commonly confused with "déjouer", "demeurer", "déjeuners". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "déjeuner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "déjeuner" is \de.ʒœ.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "déjeuner" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "déjeuner", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

attaquer#2,703feuilles#2,717agricole#2,701individu#2,720

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

émissions12 variantsculturel12 variantsdécouvre12 variantsdétruire12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list