Jérusalem
\ʒe.ʁy.za.lɛm\
The verdict
“Jérusalem” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #4,773 in French word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #4,773
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ville d’Asie, la ville la plus importante pour le judaïsme et le christianisme et l’une des villes-clés de l’islam.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Jérusalem |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ʒe.ʁy.za.lɛm\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #4,773 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Jérusalem” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for Jérusalem is 9 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʒe.ʁy.za.lɛm\. Corpus data places it at rank #4,773 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Ville d’Asie, la ville la plus importante pour le judaïsme et le christianisme et l’une des villes-clés de l’islam.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Jérusalem, with forms such as "jerusalem", "jjérusalem", and "jréusalem". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Jérusalem, spelled J-É-R-U-S-A-L-E-M.
Definition
- 1Ville d’Asie, la ville la plus importante pour le judaïsme et le christianisme et l’une des villes-clés de l’islam.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: jerusalem,jjérusalem,jréusalem,jérrusalem,jérsualem,jéruaslem,jérusaelm,jérusalemm,jérusallem,jérusalme,jéruslaem,jérussalem,jéursalem,éjrusalem
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Jérusalem - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “Jérusalem”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is J-É-R-U-S-A-L-E-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʒe.ʁy.za.lɛm\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.