jeter un œil
\ʒə.te.ʁ‿œ̃ n‿œj\
The verdict
“jeter un œil” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Examiner rapidement et brièvement.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jeter un œil |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʒə.te.ʁ‿œ̃ n‿œj\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jeter un œil” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
jeter un œil is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ʒə.te.ʁ‿œ̃ n‿œj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Examiner rapidement et brièvement.".
jeter un œil doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is jeter un œil, spelled J-E-T-E-R- -U-N- -Œ-I-L.
Definition
- 1Examiner rapidement et brièvement.
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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 un œil”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is J-E-T-E-R- -U-N- -Œ-I-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʒə.te.ʁ‿œ̃ n‿œj\ (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.