jeune
\ʒœn\
The verdict
“jeune” is in the everyday core of French, ranked #338 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #338
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui est dans une phase au commencement de sa vie ou de son développement ; qui n’est guère avancé en âge, en parlant des humains, des animaux ou des végétaux.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jeune |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʒœn\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #338 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jeune” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for jeune is 5 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʒœn\. Corpus data places it at rank #338 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for jeune, with forms such as "ejune", "jenue", and "jeuen". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "jeux", "joue", "juge", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 jeune, spelled J-E-U-N-E.
Definition
- 1Qui est dans une phase au commencement de sa vie ou de son développement ; qui n’est guère avancé en âge, en parlant des humains, des animaux ou des végétaux.
- 2Qui n’a pas l’âge habituel par rapport aux emplois, aux dignités qu’on ne donne ordinairement qu’à des hommes faits ou à des personnes déjà avancées en âge.
- 3Qui a encore quelque chose de l’ardeur, de la vivacité et de l’agrément de la jeunesse, au-delà de l'âge réel.
- 4Qui est propre à une personne dans la jeunesse.
- 5Qui ne sied qu’à des personnes jeunes.
- 6Qui est nouveau, qui n’existe que depuis récemment.
- 7Qui manque d’expérience, de maturité ; qui est étourdi, évaporé.
- 8Qualifie un taillis, des baliveaux, d’un an.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ejune,jenue,jeuen,jeunne,jjeune,juene
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of jeune - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “jeune”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is J-E-U-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʒœn\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “jeux” - see the side-by-side comparison. jeune vs jeux
- 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.