jeu de quilles
\ʒø də kij\
The verdict
“jeu de quilles” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jeu qui consiste à renverser des quilles à l’aide d’une boule ou d'un autre objet.
Corpus desk
Index FR-jeu-de-quilles · jeu de quilles · French
jeu de quilles · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 quilles |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒø də kij\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
jeu de quilles is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒø də kij\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for jeu de quilles in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is jeu de quilles, spelled J-E-U- -D-E- -Q-U-I-L-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Jeu qui consiste à renverser des quilles à l’aide d’une boule ou d'un autre objet.
- 2Lieu où l'on pratique ce jeu.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how jeu de quilles appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Enfin le souper parut ; des bouteilles de vin de Moselle et de vin du Rhin rendirent la table pareille à un jeu de quilles, et les burgs continuèrent à se montrer sur les deux rives du Rhin sans que personne s’en souciât.
Il avait cherché, traîné dans les bars, glandé dans les jeux de quilles, zoné dans les arrière-salles de billards et les clandés.
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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.