doux Jésus
\du ʒe.zy\
The verdict
“doux Jésus” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Expression de surprise, admiration, crainte, joie, choc, etc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-doux-jesus · doux Jésus · French
doux Jésus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | doux Jésus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | \du ʒe.zy\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
doux Jésus is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed \du ʒe.zy\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Expression de surprise, admiration, crainte, joie, choc, etc.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for doux Jésus in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is doux Jésus, spelled D-O-U-X- -J-É-S-U-S.
Definition
- 1Expression de surprise, admiration, crainte, joie, choc, etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how doux Jésus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— Doux Jésus, que nous sommes peu de chose sur cette terre.
Elle cherchait son souffle, se tamponnant le front avec un mouchoir de coton, les cheveux frisottés d'humidité, l'air effaré. — Doux Jésus ! Que se passe-t-il ? J'ai éteint mon poste après le radioroman. Les Allemands auraient-ils remonté le fleuve ?
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.