judéo-espagnol
\ʒy.de.o.ɛs.pa.ɲɔl\
The verdict
“judéo-espagnol” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui se rattache à la culture de certains Juifs expulsés d’Espagne en 1492 et de leurs descendants séfarades.
Corpus desk
Index FR-judeo-espagnol · judéo-espagnol · French
judéo-espagnol · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | judéo-espagnol |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʒy.de.o.ɛs.pa.ɲɔl\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
judéo-espagnol is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʒy.de.o.ɛs.pa.ɲɔl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui se rattache à la culture de certains Juifs expulsés d’Espagne en 1492 et de leurs descendants séfarades.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for judéo-espagnol, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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. The correct French form is judéo-espagnol, spelled J-U-D-É-O---E-S-P-A-G-N-O-L.
Definition
- 1Qui se rattache à la culture de certains Juifs expulsés d’Espagne en 1492 et de leurs descendants séfarades.
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.