Jew

noun

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The verdict

“Jew” is uncommon French (frequency #93,931 among 47,938 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,931
frequency rank, French
47,938
“J” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Juif.

Key facts for Jew
PropertyValue
HeadwordJew
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters3
Frequency rank#93,931
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Jew” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Jew lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Jew is uncommon French at frequency #93,931 among 47,938 “J” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Juif.".

No misspelling variants are generated for Jew in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Jew, spelled J-E-W.

Definition

  1. 1
    Juif.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Jew"?
"Jew" is spelled J-E-W.
What does "Jew" mean?
As a noun, "Jew" means: Juif.
What language does "Jew" come from?
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Using “Jew”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is J-E-W - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list