journals
\ʒuʁ.nal\
The verdict
“journals” is uncommon French (frequency #82,148 among 957 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,148
- frequency rank, French
- 957
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel fautif de journal au lieu de journaux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-journals · journals · French
journals · rank #82,148 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,148
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 957
- PHOTO-FINISH Jouin
Nearest frequency peer: Jouin (-2 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « journals »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- jaille
jaille
17,858 corpus weight
- Jennyfer
Jennyfer
17,856 corpus weight
- Jouin
Jouin
17,855 corpus weight
- journals
journals
17,853 corpus weight
- Julianna
Julianna
17,850 corpus weight
- Jurançon
Jurançon
17,848 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « journals » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | journals |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒuʁ.nal\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #82,148 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « journals » en français
Rare enough to double-check
journals is uncommon French at frequency #82,148 among 957 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒuʁ.nal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel fautif de journal au lieu de journaux.".
journals doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is journals, spelled J-O-U-R-N-A-L-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel fautif de journal au lieu de journaux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how journals appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et est-ce qu’il fera gris ? Est-ce qu’on verra Tennessee ? Est-ce qu’on pleurera des larmes en lisant les journals ….
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "journals"?
What does "journals" mean?
How do you pronounce "journals"?
What language does "journals" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "journals", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).