jonc d’Inde
\ʒɔ d‿ɛ̃d\
The verdict
“jonc d’Inde” 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) - Rotin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-jonc-d-inde · jonc d’Inde · French
jonc d’Inde · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | jonc d’Inde |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒɔ d‿ɛ̃d\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « jonc d’Inde » en français
Rare enough to double-check
jonc d’Inde is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒɔ d‿ɛ̃d\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rotin.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for jonc d’Inde, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is jonc d’Inde, spelled J-O-N-C- -D-’-I-N-D-E.
Definition
- 1Rotin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how jonc d’Inde appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les officiers, pour galonnés qu’ils fussent, avec leur monocle et leur jonc d’Inde, seraient promptement éclipsés.
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