jour de congé
\ʒuʁ də kɔ̃.ʒe\
The verdict
“jour de congé” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jour de libre pour un salarié.
Corpus desk
Index FR-jour-de-conge · jour de congé · French
jour de congé · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | jour de congé |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒuʁ də kɔ̃.ʒe\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
jour de congé is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒuʁ də kɔ̃.ʒe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Jour de libre pour un salarié.".
jour de congé has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 jour de congé, spelled J-O-U-R- -D-E- -C-O-N-G-É.
Definition
- 1Jour de libre pour un salarié.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how jour de congé appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Oui, et puis aujourd’hui c’est mon jour de congé.
Comme maman est au bord de la crise de nerfs, papa prend un jour de congé pour me conduire à San Francisco voir un nouveau médecin …
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.