jumeau
\ʒy.mo\
The verdict
“jumeau” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #17,176 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #17,176
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui est issu du même accouchement que son frère ou sa sœur.
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 | jumeau |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʒy.mo\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #17,176 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jumeau” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for jumeau is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʒy.mo\. Corpus data places it at rank #17,176 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 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 jumeau, with forms such as "jjumeau", "jmueau", and "juemau". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "jument", "jumelé", "jumeaux", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is jumeau, spelled J-U-M-E-A-U.
Definition
- 1Qui est issu du même accouchement que son frère ou sa sœur.
- 2En parlant d’un fruit, qui est attaché à un autre.
- 3En parlant d’un lit, qui a la même forme et la même dimension qu’un autre lit placé parallèlement dans la même pièce.
- 4En parlant d’un lit, qui a une taille normalisée un matelas, 39×75 pouces, soit 100×190 cm.
- 5En parlant d’un des petits muscles qui concourt aux mouvements de la jambe, qui forme un ensemble avec l’autre.
- 6En parlant d’une artère, d’une veine, d’un nerf, qui aboutit dans les muscles jumeaux.
- 7Morceau de bœuf situé dans l'épaule, avec le paleron et la macreuse à pot-au-feu.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: jjumeau,jmueau,juemau,jumaeu,jumeua,jummeau,ujmeau
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of jumeau - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “jumeau”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is J-U-M-E-A-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʒy.mo\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “jument” - see the side-by-side comparison. jumeau vs jument
- 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.