jour de la semaine
\ʒuʁ də la sə.mɛn\
The verdict
“jour de la semaine” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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...
| 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) |
Where “jour de la semaine” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for jour de la semaine is 18 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʒuʁ də la sə.mɛn\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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.
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.
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Using “jour de la semaine”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is J-O-U-R- -D-E- -L-A- -S-E-M-A-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʒuʁ də la sə.mɛn\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.