jaune citron
\ʒon si.tʁɔ̃\
The verdict
“jaune citron” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Couleur d’un citron. #FDE910
Corpus desk
Index FR-jaune-citron · jaune citron · French
jaune citron · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | jaune citron |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒon si.tʁɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « jaune citron » en français
Rare enough to double-check
jaune citron is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒon si.tʁɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Couleur d’un citron. #FDE910".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for jaune citron, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is jaune citron, spelled J-A-U-N-E- -C-I-T-R-O-N.
Definition
- 1Couleur d’un citron. #FDE910
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how jaune citron appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le petit matin, frotté de vert pomme et de jaune citron, luisait à contre-jour.
La porte du pullman de queue, fermée à clef, s’ouvrit : superbement, admirablement vide, la voiture offrait à ses visiteurs impromptus le plus admirable décor de marqueterie en bois de rose — jaune citron et carmin pâle — qui se pût imaginer.
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.