jaune
\ʒon\
The verdict
“jaune” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,871. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,871
- frequency rank, French
- 957
- “J” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Désigne une couleur du spectre située entre le vert et l’orange. #ffff00
Corpus desk
Index FR-jaune · jaune · French
jaune · rank #1,871 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,871
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 957
- PHOTO-FINISH importants
Nearest frequency peer: importants (-1 rank slots)
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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « jaune »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- hasard
hasard
98,133 corpus weight
- HTTP
HTTP
98,132 corpus weight
- importants
importants
98,131 corpus weight
- jaune
jaune
98,130 corpus weight
- jolie
jolie
98,129 corpus weight
- jésus
jésus
98,128 corpus weight
What this shows « jaune » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jaune |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʒon\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #1,871 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « jaune »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around jaune (IPA \ʒon\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,871 among 957 “J” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for jaune, with forms such as "ajune", "janue", and "jauen". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, 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.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is jaune, spelled J-A-U-N-E.
Definition
- 1Désigne une couleur du spectre située entre le vert et l’orange. #ffff00
- 2Qualifie les syndicats, créés en 1899 contre les syndicats « rouges », qui refusent certains modes d’action comme la grève et l’affrontement avec le patronat.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how jaune appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il y a des betteraves blanches, il y en a de jaunes, de rouges, et de marbrées, et quelquefois la pellicule est rouge et la chair est blanche.
Pour tout embellissement, Félicité obtint qu’on tapissât la pièce d’un papier orange à grands ramages. Le salon avait ainsi pris une étrange couleur jaune qui l’emplissait d’un jour faux et aveuglant ; le meuble, le papier, les rideaux de fenêtre étaient jaunes ; le tapis et jusqu’aux marbres du guéridon et des consoles tiraient eux-mêmes sur le jaune.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ajune
- janue
- jauen
- jaunne
- jjaune
- juane
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of jaune - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).