jeu des rois
\ʒø de ʁwa\
The verdict
“jeu des rois” 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 d’échecs.
Corpus desk
Index FR-jeu-des-rois · jeu des rois · French
jeu des rois · 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 des rois |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒø de ʁwa\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « jeu des rois » en français
Rare enough to double-check
jeu des rois is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒø de ʁwa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for jeu des rois in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 des rois, spelled J-E-U- -D-E-S- -R-O-I-S.
Definition
- 1Jeu d’échecs.
- 2Jeu de paume.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how jeu des rois appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais c’est probablement tout ce que l’histoire du jeu des rois retiendra de ce match. La succession de douze parties nulles a déçu.
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.