enfant Jésus
The verdict
“enfant Jésus” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom donné à Jésus-Christ enfant, en particulier en tant que nouveau-né ou enfant très jeune.
Corpus desk
Index FR-enfant-jesus · enfant Jésus · French
enfant Jésus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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 | enfant Jésus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « enfant Jésus » en français
Rare enough to double-check
enfant Jésus is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
enfant Jésus doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 enfant Jésus, spelled E-N-F-A-N-T- -J-É-S-U-S.
Definition
- 1Nom donné à Jésus-Christ enfant, en particulier en tant que nouveau-né ou enfant très jeune.
- 2Représentation en peinture ou en sculpture de cet enfant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how enfant Jésus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Or, le bruit se répandit bientôt que le juif avait jeté l’hostie dans une cuve d’eau bouillante, à la suite de quoi l’eau aurait rougi sans s’altérer. Et l’on assurait que, depuis ce temps, l’enfant Jésus surnageait dans cette eau, sans qu’il fût possible de l’y enfoncer.
Un tout petit Enfant Jésus d’une délicatesse et d’une mignonnerie charmantes.
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.