jambe d’appui
\ʒɑ̃b d‿a.pɥi\
The verdict
“jambe d’appui” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Jambe avec laquelle on se tient debout lorsque l’autre jambe est utilisée pour une autre fonction, comme dans le football et dans les arts martiaux.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jambe d’appui |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒɑ̃b d‿a.pɥi\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jambe d’appui” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
jambe d’appui is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒɑ̃b d‿a.pɥi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Jambe avec laquelle on se tient debout lorsque l’autre jambe est utilisée pour une autre fonction, comme dans le football et dans les arts martiaux.".
jambe d’appui has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is jambe d’appui, spelled J-A-M-B-E- -D-’-A-P-P-U-I.
Definition
- 1Jambe avec laquelle on se tient debout lorsque l’autre jambe est utilisée pour une autre fonction, comme dans le football et dans les arts martiaux.
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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 “jambe d’appui”
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- The one correct French spelling is J-A-M-B-E- -D-’-A-P-P-U-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʒɑ̃b d‿a.pɥi\ (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
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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.