jeune

/\ʒœn\/ adj

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#338

in French word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

jeune is anFrenchadj. It means: 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. Pronounced \ʒœn\. It ranks #338 in French word frequency. Often confused with jeux and joue.

Key facts for jeune
PropertyValue
Headwordjeune
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\ʒœn\
Letters5
Frequency rank#338
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of jeune in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for jeune is 5 letters long, classified as anadj, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for jeune, with forms such as "ejune", "jenue", and "jeuen". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, 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 explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is jeune, spelled J-E-U-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    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.
  2. 2
    Qui 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.
  3. 3
    Qui a encore quelque chose de l’ardeur, de la vivacité et de l’agrément de la jeunesse, au-delà de l'âge réel.
  4. 4
    Qui est propre à une personne dans la jeunesse.
  5. 5
    Qui ne sied qu’à des personnes jeunes.
  6. 6
    Qui est nouveau, qui n’existe que depuis récemment.
  7. 7
    Qui manque d’expérience, de maturité ; qui est étourdi, évaporé.
  8. 8
    Qualifie un taillis, des baliveaux, d’un an.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ejune,jenue,jeuen,jeunne,jjeune,juene

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for jeune

Misspelling Variants of "jeune"

ejune5jenue5jeuen5jeunne6jjeune6juene5
Misspelling Variants of "jeune"

Frequency rank: #338 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "jeune"?
"jeune" is spelled J-E-U-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒœn\.
What does "jeune" mean?
As an adj, "jeune" means: 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.
What words are commonly confused with "jeune"?
"jeune" is commonly confused with "jeux", "joue", "juge". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "jeune"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jeune" is \ʒœn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jeune" come from?
"jeune" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.