jour des Rois

noun

The verdict

“jour des Rois” 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 May 6, 2026) - Jour de l'année qui correspond à la fête religieuse de l’Épiphanie.

Key facts for jour des Rois
PropertyValue
Headwordjour des Rois
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “jour des Rois” sits in French frequency

jour des Rois 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.

Rare enough to double-check

jour des Rois is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Jour de l'année qui correspond à la fête religieuse de l’Épiphanie.".

jour des Rois doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is jour des Rois, spelled J-O-U-R- -D-E-S- -R-O-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Jour de l'année qui correspond à la fête religieuse de l’Épiphanie.

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 "jour des Rois"?
"jour des Rois" is spelled J-O-U-R- -D-E-S- -R-O-I-S.
What does "jour des Rois" mean?
As a noun, "jour des Rois" means: Jour de l'année qui correspond à la fête religieuse de l’Épiphanie.
What language does "jour des Rois" come from?
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Using “jour des Rois”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is J-O-U-R- -D-E-S- -R-O-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • 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