j’aurais dû
\ʒɔ.ʁɛ dy\
The verdict
“j’aurais dû” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Regret ressassé de façon malsaine.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | j’aurais dû |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒɔ.ʁɛ dy\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “j’aurais dû” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for j’aurais dû is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʒɔ.ʁɛ dy\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Regret ressassé de façon malsaine.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for j’aurais dû, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is j’aurais dû, spelled J-’-A-U-R-A-I-S- -D-Û.
Definition
- 1Regret ressassé de façon malsaine.
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 “j’aurais dû”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is J-’-A-U-R-A-I-S- -D-Û - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʒɔ.ʁɛ dy\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.