jambonneau
\ʒɑ̃.bɔ.no\
The verdict
“jambonneau” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partie de la jambe du porc située au-dessous du genou et préparée en charcuterie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-jambonneau · jambonneau · French
jambonneau · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | jambonneau |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒɑ̃.bɔ.no\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
jambonneau is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒɑ̃.bɔ.no\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for jambonneau, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is jambonneau, spelled J-A-M-B-O-N-N-E-A-U.
Definition
- 1Partie de la jambe du porc située au-dessous du genou et préparée en charcuterie.
- 2Par analogie de forme, pièce en forme d'entonnoir aplati servant à réunir deux tuyaux de descente d'eaux pluviales depuis les gouttières. Ne doit pas être confondue avec la pièce de jonction nommée culotte.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how jambonneau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les jambonneaux désossés venaient au-dessus, avec leur bonne figure ronde, jaune de chapelure,.
Car elle eut lieu tout de suite, cette explication. Elle fut atroce, sans paroles, dans le silence tragique de la famille frappée de stupeur, autour d'un jambonneau qui refroidissait.
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.