jalonner
\ʒa.lɔ.ne\
The verdict
“jalonner” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Planter des jalons de distance en distance, soit pour un alignement, soit pour déterminer les différents points d’un plan.
Corpus desk
Index FR-jalonner · jalonner · French
jalonner · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "J" 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 | jalonner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʒa.lɔ.ne\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
jalonner is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ʒa.lɔ.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for jalonner in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 jalonner, spelled J-A-L-O-N-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Planter des jalons de distance en distance, soit pour un alignement, soit pour déterminer les différents points d’un plan.
- 2Placer des jalonneurs, ou se placer en jalonneur, pour déterminer une direction, un alignement.
- 3Déterminer la voie à suivre, la piste à suivre
- 4Marquer par des repères.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how jalonner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Jalonner une allée pour la dresser.
Jalonner un champ, pour le passage d'un appareil de traitement aérien
This word in other languages
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.