jonquilles
\ʒɔ̃.kij\
The verdict
“jonquilles” is uncommon French (frequency #60,128 among 47,938 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,128
- frequency rank, French
- 47,938
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de jonquille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-jonquilles · jonquilles · French
jonquilles · rank #60,128 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,128
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 47,938
- PHOTO-FINISH jokers
Nearest frequency peer: jokers (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “jonquilles”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Joana
Joana
39,877 corpus weight
- joigne
joigne
39,876 corpus weight
- jointure
jointure
39,875 corpus weight
- jokers
jokers
39,874 corpus weight
- jonquilles
jonquilles
39,873 corpus weight
- Josaphat
Josaphat
39,872 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “jonquilles” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jonquilles |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒɔ̃.kij\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #60,128 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jonquilles” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
jonquilles is uncommon French at frequency #60,128 among 47,938 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒɔ̃.kij\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de jonquille.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for jonquilles, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is jonquilles, spelled J-O-N-Q-U-I-L-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de jonquille.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency 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.