Jeux olympiques
\ʒø.z‿ɔ.lɛ̃.pik\
The verdict
“Jeux olympiques” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ensemble de compétitions sportives et artistiques organisées à Olympie en Grèce antique à tous les quatre ans.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Jeux olympiques |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ʒø.z‿ɔ.lɛ̃.pik\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Jeux olympiques” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Jeux olympiques is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ʒø.z‿ɔ.lɛ̃.pik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Jeux olympiques in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Jeux olympiques, spelled J-E-U-X- -O-L-Y-M-P-I-Q-U-E-S.
Definition
- 1Ensemble de compétitions sportives et artistiques organisées à Olympie en Grèce antique à tous les quatre ans.
- 2Ensemble de compétitions sportives internationales organisées tous les quatre ans.
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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.
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Using “Jeux olympiques”
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- The one correct French spelling is J-E-U-X- -O-L-Y-M-P-I-Q-U-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.