gilet jaune
\ʒi.lɛ ʒon\
The verdict
“gilet 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
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Vêtement (chasuble) de haute visibilité de couleur jaune habituellement muni de bandes rétroréfléchissantes destiné à améliorer la visibilité du porteur notamment dans l'obscurité et en situation d...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gilet jaune |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒi.lɛ ʒon\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gilet jaune” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gilet jaune is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒi.lɛ ʒon\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for gilet jaune, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is gilet jaune, spelled G-I-L-E-T- -J-A-U-N-E.
Definition
- 1Vêtement (chasuble) de haute visibilité de couleur jaune habituellement muni de bandes rétroréfléchissantes destiné à améliorer la visibilité du porteur notamment dans l'obscurité et en situation dangereuse (chaussée, chantier, engins lourds).
- 2Patrouilleur autoroutier muni de ce vêtement.
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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.
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Using “gilet jaune”
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- The one correct French spelling is G-I-L-E-T- -J-A-U-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʒi.lɛ ʒon\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.