jeu de dames
\ʒø də dam\
The verdict
“jeu de dames” 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 combinatoire abstrait pour deux joueurs se jouant sur un damier de cent cases, ou de cent-quarante-quatre cases au Québec.
Corpus desk
Index FR-jeu-de-dames · jeu de dames · French
jeu de dames · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 de dames |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒø də dam\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
jeu de dames is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒø də dam\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for jeu de dames, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is jeu de dames, spelled J-E-U- -D-E- -D-A-M-E-S.
Definition
- 1Jeu combinatoire abstrait pour deux joueurs se jouant sur un damier de cent cases, ou de cent-quarante-quatre cases au Québec.
- 2Jeu proche du précédent, mais joué sur un damier de soixante-quatre cases, identique à un échiquier.
- 3Coffret ou boîte contenant les pièces et le damier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how jeu de dames appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Marie installe un jeu de dames sur un guéridon. Elle dispose un à un les pions sur les cases noires. Quand elle a fini, elle annonce d’une voix drôle : — Monsieur Ulysse, notre petite partie est prête...
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.