jours
\ʒuʁ\
The verdict
“jours” is in the everyday core of French, ranked #183 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #183
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de jour.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jours |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒuʁ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #183 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jours” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for jours is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʒuʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #183 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for jours, with forms such as "jjours", "jorus", and "jourrs". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "jus", "jury", "juré", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 jours, spelled J-O-U-R-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de jour.
- 2Touches les plus claires d’un tableau.
- 3Une certaine durée, une certaine époque, par rapport à ce qui s’y passe, aux événements qui la remplissent.
- 4La vie de quelqu'un.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: jjours,jorus,jourrs,jourss,jousr,juors,ojurs
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of jours - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “jours”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is J-O-U-R-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʒuʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “jus” - see the side-by-side comparison. jours vs jus
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.