janvier

/\ʒɑ̃.vje\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#543

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

janvier is aFrenchnoun. It means: Premier mois de l’année du calendrier grégorien, qui compte 31 jours. Pronounced \ʒɑ̃.vje\. It ranks #543 in French word frequency. Often confused with Javier.

Key facts for janvier
PropertyValue
Headwordjanvier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒɑ̃.vje\
Letters7
Frequency rank#543
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of janvier in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for janvier is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʒɑ̃.vje\. Corpus data places it at rank #543 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Premier mois de l’année du calendrier grégorien, qui compte 31 jours.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for janvier, with forms such as "ajnvier", "janiver", and "jannvier". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Javier", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is janvier, spelled J-A-N-V-I-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Premier mois de l’année du calendrier grégorien, qui compte 31 jours.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ajnvier,janiver,jannvier,janveir,janvierr,janvire,janvvier,javnier,jjanvier,jnavier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for janvier

Misspelling Variants of "janvier"

ajnvier7janiver7jannvier8janveir7janvierr8janvire7janvvier8javnier7
Misspelling Variants of "janvier"

Frequency rank: #543 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "janvier"?
"janvier" is spelled J-A-N-V-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒɑ̃.vje\.
What does "janvier" mean?
As a noun, "janvier" means: Premier mois de l’année du calendrier grégorien, qui compte 31 jours.
What words are commonly confused with "janvier"?
"janvier" is commonly confused with "Javier". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "janvier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "janvier" is \ʒɑ̃.vje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "janvier" come from?
"janvier" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.