jour de la semaine
\ʒuʁ də la sə.mɛn\
The verdict
“jour de la semaine” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Un des sept jours désignés par un nom identifiant leur place dans la semaine, associés aux dates dans l’ordre suivant : lundi, mardi, mercredi, jeudi, vendredi, samedi et dimanche. ISO 8601 confirm...
Corpus desk
Index FR-jour-de-la-semaine · jour de la semaine · French
jour de la semaine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 la semaine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒuʁ də la sə.mɛn\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
jour de la semaine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒuʁ də la sə.mɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for jour de la semaine, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is jour de la semaine, spelled J-O-U-R- -D-E- -L-A- -S-E-M-A-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Un des sept jours désignés par un nom identifiant leur place dans la semaine, associés aux dates dans l’ordre suivant : lundi, mardi, mercredi, jeudi, vendredi, samedi et dimanche. ISO 8601 confirme que le 1ᵉʳ janvier 2000 est samedi.
- 2Jour autre que samedi ou dimanche par opposition au weekend.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how jour de la semaine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— Quel jour de la semaine sommes-nous ? — Mercredi.
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.