jeunes gens
\ʒœn ʒɑ̃\
The verdict
“jeunes gens” 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) - Ensemble de jeunes hommes, de jeunes garçons ou de jeunes filles.
Corpus desk
Index FR-jeunes-gens · jeunes gens · French
jeunes gens · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 gens |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒœn ʒɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
jeunes gens is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒœn ʒɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ensemble de jeunes hommes, de jeunes garçons ou de jeunes filles.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for jeunes gens, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 jeunes gens, spelled J-E-U-N-E-S- -G-E-N-S.
Definition
- 1Ensemble de jeunes hommes, de jeunes garçons ou de jeunes filles.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how jeunes gens appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les deux jeunes gens s’élancèrent hors de la voiture.
Parmi ces jeunes gens et ces nobles dames, le plus beau jeune homme était Othon, et la plus belle châtelaine madame Emma.
Synonyms
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.