jaune d’œuf
\ʒon d‿œf\
The verdict
“jaune d’œuf” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Partie centrale de l’œuf, de couleur jaune, qui sert de source de nourriture pour le développement de l’embryon.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jaune d’œuf |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒon d‿œf\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jaune d’œuf” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for jaune d’œuf is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʒon d‿œf\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Partie centrale de l’œuf, de couleur jaune, qui sert de source de nourriture pour le développement de l’embryon.".
No misspelling variants are generated for jaune d’œuf in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is jaune d’œuf, spelled J-A-U-N-E- -D-’-Œ-U-F.
Definition
- 1Partie centrale de l’œuf, de couleur jaune, qui sert de source de nourriture pour le développement de l’embryon.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “jaune d’œuf”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is J-A-U-N-E- -D-’-Œ-U-F - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʒon d‿œf\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.