jouer les Cassandre

\ʒwe le ka.sɑ̃dʁ\

/\ʒwe le ka.sɑ̃dʁ\/ verb

The verdict

“jouer les Cassandre” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
19
letters

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

Key facts for jouer les Cassandre
PropertyValue
Headwordjouer les Cassandre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʒwe le ka.sɑ̃dʁ\
Letters19
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “jouer les Cassandre” sits in French frequency

jouer les Cassandre falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for jouer les Cassandre is 19 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʒwe le ka.sɑ̃dʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Prédire des malheurs.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for jouer les Cassandre, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is jouer les Cassandre, spelled J-O-U-E-R- -L-E-S- -C-A-S-S-A-N-D-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prédire des malheurs.

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "jouer les Cassandre"?
"jouer les Cassandre" is spelled J-O-U-E-R- -L-E-S- -C-A-S-S-A-N-D-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒwe le ka.sɑ̃dʁ\.
What does "jouer les Cassandre" mean?
As a verb, "jouer les Cassandre" means: Prédire des malheurs.
How do you pronounce "jouer les Cassandre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jouer les Cassandre" is \ʒwe le ka.sɑ̃dʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jouer les Cassandre" come from?
"jouer les Cassandre" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “jouer les Cassandre”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is J-O-U-E-R- -L-E-S- -C-A-S-S-A-N-D-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ʒwe le ka.sɑ̃dʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list