disc jockey
\disk ʒɔ.kɛ\
The verdict
“disc jockey” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui sélectionne, diffuse et mixe de la musique à destination d’un public.
Corpus desk
Index FR-disc-jockey · disc jockey · French
disc jockey · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | disc jockey |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \disk ʒɔ.kɛ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « disc jockey » en français
Rare enough to double-check
disc jockey is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \disk ʒɔ.kɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne qui sélectionne, diffuse et mixe de la musique à destination d’un public.".
Zero misspellings are on record for disc jockey in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 disc jockey, spelled D-I-S-C- -J-O-C-K-E-Y.
Definition
- 1Personne qui sélectionne, diffuse et mixe de la musique à destination d’un public.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how disc jockey appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Au début des années quatre-vingt, quelques disc jockeys (DJs) commencent à mélanger (mixer pour les connaisseurs) plusieurs disques différents, à passer certaines parties à l’envers, fédérant tout cela autour d’un rythme : le fameux boum-boum tant décrié.
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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.