jeune fille
\ʒœn fij\
The verdict
“jeune fille” 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) - Adolescente, jeune femme.
Corpus desk
Index FR-jeune-fille · jeune fille · French
jeune fille · 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 | jeune fille |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒœn fij\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « jeune fille » en français
Rare enough to double-check
jeune fille is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒœn fij\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for jeune fille in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is jeune fille, spelled J-E-U-N-E- -F-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Adolescente, jeune femme.
- 2Fille ou jeune personne du sexe féminin qui n’est pas mariée.
- 3Vierge.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how jeune fille appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il n’avait pas vu la jeune Béatrix depuis six ans. Pendant cet intervalle, elle était devenue d’enfant jeune fille.
À douze ans, Zariffa était déjà une jeune fille. […] Les pointes de ses jeunes seins soulevaient sa robe sur sa poitrine.
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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.