jeu d’échecs
\ʒø d‿e.ʃɛk\
The verdict
“jeu d’échecs” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jeu se jouant sur un échiquier composé de 64 cases blanches et noires en alternance, chacun des deux joueurs disposant de 16 pièces.
Corpus desk
Index FR-jeu-d-echecs · jeu d’échecs · French
jeu d’échecs · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jeu d’échecs |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒø d‿e.ʃɛk\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
jeu d’échecs is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒø d‿e.ʃɛk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for jeu d’échecs in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 jeu d’échecs, spelled J-E-U- -D-’-É-C-H-E-C-S.
Definition
- 1Jeu se jouant sur un échiquier composé de 64 cases blanches et noires en alternance, chacun des deux joueurs disposant de 16 pièces.
- 2L’échiquier et les pièces.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how jeu d’échecs appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les batailles ne pouvaient donc plus être assimilées à des jeux d’échec dans lesquels l’homme est comparable à un pion ; elles devenaient des accumulations d’exploits héroïques, […].
Dans les mains de Julien Baduraux, agriculteur en Meurthe-et-Moselle, un carton de la taille d’un jeu d’échecs, se découpe en 25 plaquettes de diffusion et "permet de protéger l’équivalent de deux terrains de football".
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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.