jeu du loup
\ʒø dy lu\
The verdict
“jeu du loup” 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 September 3, 2026) - Jeu d’enfants où un des participants appelé loup doit toucher un de ses camarades qui devient le loup à son tour.
Corpus desk
Index FR-jeu-du-loup · jeu du loup · French
jeu du loup · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 du loup |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒø dy lu\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « jeu du loup » en français
Rare enough to double-check
jeu du loup is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒø dy lu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Jeu d’enfants où un des participants appelé loup doit toucher un de ses camarades qui devient le loup à son tour.".
No misspelling variants are generated for jeu du loup in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is jeu du loup, spelled J-E-U- -D-U- -L-O-U-P.
Definition
- 1Jeu d’enfants où un des participants appelé loup doit toucher un de ses camarades qui devient le loup à son tour.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how jeu du loup appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Rétif, encore lui, note que le jeu du loup, grâce auquel les garçons fourrageaient assez librement les grandes filles, avait lieu « dès que l’obscurité empêchait d’y voir ».
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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.