journal parlé

\ʒuʁ.nal paʁ.le\

/\ʒuʁ.nal paʁ.le\/ noun

The verdict

“journal parlé” 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) — Synthèse de l’actualité (du jour, de la semaine…) diffusé à la radio.

Key facts for journal parlé
PropertyValue
Headwordjournal parlé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒuʁ.nal paʁ.le\
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “journal parlé” sits in French frequency

journal parlé 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.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for journal parlé is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʒuʁ.nal paʁ.le\. 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: "Synthèse de l’actualité (du jour, de la semaine…) diffusé à la radio.".

No misspelling variants are generated for journal parlé in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is journal parlé, spelled J-O-U-R-N-A-L- -P-A-R-L-É, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Synthèse de l’actualité (du jour, de la semaine…) diffusé à la radio.

Synonyms

journal radiophoniqueradiojournal

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "journal parlé"?
"journal parlé" is spelled J-O-U-R-N-A-L- -P-A-R-L-É. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒuʁ.nal paʁ.le\.
What does "journal parlé" mean?
As a noun, "journal parlé" means: Synthèse de l’actualité (du jour, de la semaine…) diffusé à la radio.
How do you pronounce "journal parlé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "journal parlé" is \ʒuʁ.nal paʁ.le\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "journal parlé" come from?
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Using “journal parlé”

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- -P-A-R-L-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ʒuʁ.nal paʁ.le\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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