jeûner

/\ʒø.ne\/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#41,362

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

jeûner is aFrenchverb. It means: Manger peu, manger moins qu’il ne faut, ou même ne pas manger du tout, soit par une privation volontaire, soit par une abstinence forcée et faute d’aliments. Pronounced \ʒø.ne\. Often confused with June and jouer.

Key facts for jeûner
PropertyValue
Headwordjeûner
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʒø.ne\
Letters6
Frequency rank#41,362
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for jeûner is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʒø.ne\. Corpus data places it at rank #41,362 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for jeûner, with forms such as "ejûner", "jenûer", and "jeuner". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "June", "jouer", "juger", 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 jeûner, spelled J-E-Û-N-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Manger peu, manger moins qu’il ne faut, ou même ne pas manger du tout, soit par une privation volontaire, soit par une abstinence forcée et faute d’aliments.
  2. 2
    S’abstenir ou être privé de certaines jouissances, etc.
  3. 3
    S’abstenir d’aliments ou de certains aliments, par esprit de dévotion, de mortification.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ejûner,jenûer,jeuner,jeûenr,jeûnerr,jeûnner,jeûnre,jjeûner,jûener

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for jeûner

Misspelling Variants of "jeûner"

ejûner6jenûer6jeuner6jeûenr6jeûnerr7jeûnner7jeûnre6jjeûner7
Misspelling Variants of "jeûner"

Frequency rank: #41,362 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "jeûner"?
"jeûner" is spelled J-E-Û-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒø.ne\.
What does "jeûner" mean?
As a verb, "jeûner" means: Manger peu, manger moins qu’il ne faut, ou même ne pas manger du tout, soit par une privation volontaire, soit par une abstinence forcée et faute d’aliments.
What words are commonly confused with "jeûner"?
"jeûner" is commonly confused with "June", "jouer", "juger". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "jeûner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jeûner" is \ʒø.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jeûner" come from?
"jeûner" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.