jamais de la vie
\ʒa.mɛ də la vi\
The verdict
“jamais de la vie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Absolument jamais.
Corpus desk
Index FR-jamais-de-la-vie · jamais de la vie · French
jamais de la vie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | jamais de la vie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ʒa.mɛ də la vi\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
jamais de la vie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ʒa.mɛ də la vi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for jamais de la vie in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is jamais de la vie, spelled J-A-M-A-I-S- -D-E- -L-A- -V-I-E.
Definition
- 1Absolument jamais.
- 2Absolument pas ; pas du tout.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how jamais de la vie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Jamais de la vie, protesta M. Mauconseil, outré rien qu’à la pensée d’un tel manque de savoir-vivre, jamais de la vie !
Si on m’avait posé la question il y a trois mois, j’aurais dit: “Jamais de la vie”, mais, là, honnêtement, c’est définitif que oui», affirme-t-il.
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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.