jeunes années
\ʒœn.z‿a.ne\
The verdict
“jeunes années” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - L’âge, le temps où l’on est jeune.
Corpus desk
Index FR-jeunes-annees · jeunes années · French
jeunes années · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | jeunes années |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒœn.z‿a.ne\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
jeunes années is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒœn.z‿a.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "L’âge, le temps où l’on est jeune.".
jeunes années doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is jeunes années, spelled J-E-U-N-E-S- -A-N-N-É-E-S.
Definition
- 1L’âge, le temps où l’on est jeune.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how jeunes années appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mes jeunes années courent dans la montagne Courent dans les sentiers pleins d’oiseaux et de fleurs Et les Pyrénées chantent au vent d’Espagne Chantent la mélodie qui berça mon cœur Chantent les souvenirs de ma tendre enfance […].
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.