jeu de mots
\ʒø də mo\
The verdict
“jeu de mots” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Manipulation plaisante des mots fondée sur la ressemblance des mots.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jeu de mots |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒø də mo\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jeu de mots” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
jeu de mots is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒø də mo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Manipulation plaisante des mots fondée sur la ressemblance des mots.".
jeu de mots has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is jeu de mots, spelled J-E-U- -D-E- -M-O-T-S.
Definition
- 1Manipulation plaisante des mots fondée sur la ressemblance des mots.
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 mots”
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- The one correct French spelling is J-E-U- -D-E- -M-O-T-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʒø də mo\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.