jeu d’enfant
\ʒø d‿ɑ̃.fɑ̃\
The verdict
“jeu d’enfant” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ce qui est très facile à réaliser et sans effort.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jeu d’enfant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒø d‿ɑ̃.fɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jeu d’enfant” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for jeu d’enfant is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʒø d‿ɑ̃.fɑ̃\. 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.
jeu d’enfant has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is jeu d’enfant, spelled J-E-U- -D-’-E-N-F-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Ce qui est très facile à réaliser et sans effort.
- 2Désigne les jeux auxquels les enfants s'adonnent typiquement et habituellement de leur propre gré, parfois traditionnels ou inventés par eux, et qui sont souvent collectifs. Note d’usage : Pour éviter la prégnance du sens figuré de cette locution qui est plus fréquent que son sens propre, les locuteurs voulant viser ce sens propre emploient volontiers une locution nominale de substitution : « jeu enfantin ».
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 “jeu d’enfant”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is J-E-U- -D-’-E-N-F-A-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʒø d‿ɑ̃.fɑ̃\ (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.