fièvre jaune
\fjɛ.vʁə ʒon\
The verdict
“fièvre jaune” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a 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) - Maladie virale transmise par des moustiques et caractérisée par des maux de tête et des fièvres.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fievre-jaune · fièvre jaune · French
fièvre jaune · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | fièvre jaune |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fjɛ.vʁə ʒon\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « fièvre jaune » en français
Rare enough to double-check
fièvre jaune is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fjɛ.vʁə ʒon\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Maladie virale transmise par des moustiques et caractérisée par des maux de tête et des fièvres.".
fièvre jaune doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is fièvre jaune, spelled F-I-È-V-R-E- -J-A-U-N-E.
Definition
- 1Maladie virale transmise par des moustiques et caractérisée par des maux de tête et des fièvres.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fièvre jaune appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Merde ! Et la fièvre jaune ? Et le béribéri, l’arthrite des femmes enceintes et le goudou-goudou…
La route passe devant le cimetière où se trouvent toutes les tombes des premiers travailleurs français du canal victimes de la terrible fièvre jaune.
Synonyms
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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.