journal intime
\ʒuʁ.na.l‿ɛ̃.tim\
The verdict
“journal intime” 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
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Écrit élaboré au fil du temps rapportant les sentiments, les pensées et les aventures de son auteur.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | journal intime |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒuʁ.na.l‿ɛ̃.tim\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “journal intime” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for journal intime is 14 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʒuʁ.na.l‿ɛ̃.tim\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Écrit élaboré au fil du temps rapportant les sentiments, les pensées et les aventures de son auteur.".
Zero misspellings are on record for journal intime in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is journal intime, spelled J-O-U-R-N-A-L- -I-N-T-I-M-E.
Definition
- 1Écrit élaboré au fil du temps rapportant les sentiments, les pensées et les aventures de son auteur.
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 “journal intime”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is J-O-U-R-N-A-L- -I-N-T-I-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʒuʁ.na.l‿ɛ̃.tim\ (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.