don Juan
\dɔ̃ ʒɥɑ̃\
The verdict
“don Juan” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grand séducteur ou grande séductrice sans scrupules.
Corpus desk
Index FR-don-juan · don Juan · French
don Juan · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | don Juan |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dɔ̃ ʒɥɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « don Juan » en français
Rare enough to double-check
don Juan is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \dɔ̃ ʒɥɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Grand séducteur ou grande séductrice sans scrupules.".
No misspelling variants are generated for don Juan in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is don Juan, spelled D-O-N- -J-U-A-N.
Definition
- 1Grand séducteur ou grande séductrice sans scrupules.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how don Juan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Notre moniteur avait entretenu une liaison épisodique avec Sylvia du temps où elle habitait en région parisienne. […]. Il semble que ce don Juan des courts ait profité de sa fonction professorale pour séduire un grand nombre de ses élèves.
Bravo ! D’ici peu, il serait un don Juan blasé sur lequel j’avais eu la chance de tomber pendant une période creuse.
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.