jeter le doute

\ʒə.te lə dut\

/\ʒə.te lə dut\/ verb

The verdict

“jeter le doute” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Créer le doute ; plonger dans l’incertitude.

Corpus desk

Index FR-jeter-le-doute · jeter le doute · French

jeter le doute · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 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.

Key facts for jeter le doute
PropertyValue
Headwordjeter le doute
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʒə.te lə dut\
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « jeter le doute » en français

jeter le douten'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

jeter le doute is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ʒə.te lə dut\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Créer le doute ; plonger dans l’incertitude.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for jeter le doute, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is jeter le doute, spelled J-E-T-E-R- -L-E- -D-O-U-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Créer le doute ; plonger dans l’incertitude.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how jeter le doute appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ce serait résolument politique, dans la mesure où cela mettrait au défi les discours sceptiques, qui remettent en cause l’interprétation des données disponibles, quitte à jeter le doute sur les travaux scientifiques, comme les discours collapsologiques, qui spéculent sur l’effondrement prochain de notre monde, au risque d’alimenter les peurs et de déchaîn…

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "jeter le doute"?
"jeter le doute" is spelled J-E-T-E-R- -L-E- -D-O-U-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒə.te lə dut\.
What does "jeter le doute" mean?
As a verb, "jeter le doute" means: Créer le doute ; plonger dans l’incertitude.
How do you pronounce "jeter le doute"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jeter le doute" is \ʒə.te lə dut\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jeter le doute" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list