jeter le gant
The verdict
“jeter le gant” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Défier quelqu’un au combat.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jeter le gant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jeter le gant” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for jeter le gant is 13 letters long, classified as a verb. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for jeter le gant in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is jeter le gant, spelled J-E-T-E-R- -L-E- -G-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Défier quelqu’un au combat.
- 2Abandonner après avoir essayé de toutes ses forces de résoudre un problème ardu (et laisser le défi à qui voudra le relever).
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 “jeter le gant”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is J-E-T-E-R- -L-E- -G-A-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- 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.