jour par jour
\ʒu.ʁ‿a.pʁɛ ʒuʁ\
The verdict
“jour par jour” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Au quotidien, chaque jour.
Corpus desk
Index FR-jour-par-jour · jour par jour · French
jour par jour · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 par jour |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ʒu.ʁ‿a.pʁɛ ʒuʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « jour par jour » en français
Rare enough to double-check
jour par jour is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ʒu.ʁ‿a.pʁɛ ʒuʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Au quotidien, chaque jour.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for jour par jour in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 par jour, spelled J-O-U-R- -P-A-R- -J-O-U-R.
Definition
- 1Au quotidien, chaque jour.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how jour par jour appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— Depuis que je l’observe jour par jour, il me semble qu’il est plus amoureux en général qu’en particulier.
Ralph, cet homme si vulgaire en apparence, homme d'exception pourtant, car il croyait fermement à Dieu et consultait jour par jour le livre de sa conscience …
Synonyms
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.