jeu de guerre
\ʒø də ɡɛʁ\
The verdict
“jeu de guerre” 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
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Simulation d’un conflit à des fins de loisir, de formation ou de réflexion.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jeu de guerre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒø də ɡɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jeu de guerre” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for jeu de guerre is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʒø də ɡɛʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Simulation d’un conflit à des fins de loisir, de formation ou de réflexion.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for jeu de guerre, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is jeu de guerre, spelled J-E-U- -D-E- -G-U-E-R-R-E.
Definition
- 1Simulation d’un conflit à des fins de loisir, de formation ou de réflexion.
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 de guerre”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is J-E-U- -D-E- -G-U-E-R-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʒø də ɡɛʁ\ (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.