jour de l’an
\ʒuʁ də l‿ɑ̃\
The verdict
“jour de l’an” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Premier jour de l’année. 1ᵉʳ janvier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-jour-de-l-an · jour de l’an · French
jour de l’an · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 l’an |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒuʁ də l‿ɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « jour de l’an » en français
Rare enough to double-check
jour de l’an is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒuʁ də l‿ɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Premier jour de l’année. 1ᵉʳ janvier.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for jour de l’an in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 jour de l’an, spelled J-O-U-R- -D-E- -L-’-A-N.
Definition
- 1Premier jour de l’année. 1ᵉʳ janvier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how jour de l’an appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«Gims confond culture et religion : le jour de l’an est une fête profane, plus sociale que culturelle, et qui n’a rien de religieux»
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.