jukebox

\dʒuk.bɔks\

/\dʒuk.bɔks\/ noun

The verdict

“jukebox” is uncommon French (frequency #57,357 among 957 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,357
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante orthographique de juke-box, l'orthographe traditionnelle.

Corpus desk

Index FR-jukebox · jukebox · French

jukebox · rank #57,357 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,357
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH judiciairement

Nearest frequency peer: judiciairement (-1 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 « jukebox »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « jukebox » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for jukebox
PropertyValue
Headwordjukebox
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dʒuk.bɔks\
Letters7
Frequency rank#57,357
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « jukebox » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).jukeboxtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « judiciairement » (#57,356), « junkies » (#57,358), « Karthala » (#57,359). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « jukebox » est au #57,357. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

jukebox is uncommon French at frequency #57,357 among 957 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \dʒuk.bɔks\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de juke-box, l'orthographe traditionnelle.".

Zero misspellings are on record for jukebox in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is jukebox, spelled J-U-K-E-B-O-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante orthographique de juke-box, l'orthographe traditionnelle.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how jukebox appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Je voudrais me retrouver dans une bibliothèque ((pas le lieu, le meuble) et pouvoir me glisser entre les auteurs que j’aime comme une trente sous dans un jukebox.

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 "jukebox"?
"jukebox" is spelled J-U-K-E-B-O-X. The IPA pronunciation is \dʒuk.bɔks\.
What does "jukebox" mean?
As a noun, "jukebox" means: Variante orthographique de juke-box, l'orthographe traditionnelle.
How do you pronounce "jukebox"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jukebox" is \dʒuk.bɔks\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jukebox" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "jukebox", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list