jour ouvrable
\ʒu.ʁ‿u.vʁabl\
The verdict
“jour ouvrable” 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
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Jour qui n’est pas férié et qui peut donc être consacré au travail. Dans le monde du travail, un jour ouvrable correspond à tout jour de la semaine hors dimanche et jours fériés (hors jours chômés ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jour ouvrable |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒu.ʁ‿u.vʁabl\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jour ouvrable” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for jour ouvrable is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʒu.ʁ‿u.vʁabl\. 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.
No misspelling variants are generated for jour ouvrable in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is jour ouvrable, spelled J-O-U-R- -O-U-V-R-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Jour qui n’est pas férié et qui peut donc être consacré au travail. Dans le monde du travail, un jour ouvrable correspond à tout jour de la semaine hors dimanche et jours fériés (hors jours chômés de part une convention collective ou d'un accord d'entreprise), par opposition au jour ouvré qui exclut le samedi.
- 2Tout jour de la semaine, excluant le samedi, le dimanche et d'éventuels jours fériés.
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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 ouvrable”
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- The one correct French spelling is J-O-U-R- -O-U-V-R-A-B-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʒu.ʁ‿u.vʁabl\ (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.