jaune

/\ʒon\/ adj

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,871

in French word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

jaune is anFrenchadj. It means: Désigne une couleur du spectre située entre le vert et l’orange. #ffff00 Pronounced \ʒon\. It ranks #1,871 in French word frequency. Often confused with joue and juge.

Key facts for jaune
PropertyValue
Headwordjaune
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\ʒon\
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,871
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for jaune is 5 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʒon\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,871 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for jaune, with forms such as "ajune", "janue", and "jauen". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "joue", "juge", "juré", and more, 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 jaune, spelled J-A-U-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Désigne une couleur du spectre située entre le vert et l’orange. #ffff00
  2. 2
    Qualifie les syndicats, créés en 1899 contre les syndicats « rouges », qui refusent certains modes d’action comme la grève et l’affrontement avec le patronat.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ajune,janue,jauen,jaunne,jjaune,juane

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for jaune

Misspelling Variants of "jaune"

ajune5janue5jauen5jaunne6jjaune6juane5
Misspelling Variants of "jaune"

Frequency rank: #1,871 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "jaune"?
"jaune" is spelled J-A-U-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒon\.
What does "jaune" mean?
As an adj, "jaune" means: Désigne une couleur du spectre située entre le vert et l’orange. #ffff00
What words are commonly confused with "jaune"?
"jaune" is commonly confused with "joue", "juge", "juré". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "jaune"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jaune" is \ʒon\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jaune" come from?
"jaune" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby French words

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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.