jardin des plantes

noun

The verdict

“jardin des plantes” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
18
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jardin où l’on cultive des végétaux pour l’étude de la botanique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-jardin-des-plantes · jardin des plantes · French

jardin des plantes · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 18 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.

Key facts for jardin des plantes
PropertyValue
Headwordjardin des plantes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « jardin des plantes » en français

jardin des plantesreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

jardin des plantes is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Jardin où l’on cultive des végétaux pour l’étude de la botanique.".

Zero misspellings are on record for jardin des plantes in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is jardin des plantes, spelled J-A-R-D-I-N- -D-E-S- -P-L-A-N-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Jardin où l’on cultive des végétaux pour l’étude de la botanique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how jardin des plantes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. — Vous savez, dit Massot au général, que je l’ai rencontré l’autre jour au Jardin des Plantes, avec ses trois enfants qu’il promenait.
  2. On ne saurait oublier que le Jardin des Plantes de Paris a une galerie d’ancêtres comme personne au monde, et des souvenirs de science, de dévouement, de passion qui en font autre chose qu’un square organisé militairement et privé de charme, comme sont beaucoup d’établissements étrangers.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "jardin des plantes"?
"jardin des plantes" is spelled J-A-R-D-I-N- -D-E-S- -P-L-A-N-T-E-S.
What does "jardin des plantes" mean?
As a noun, "jardin des plantes" means: Jardin où l’on cultive des végétaux pour l’étude de la botanique.
What language does "jardin des plantes" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list