jumeau

/\ʒy.mo\/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#17,176

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

jumeau is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui est issu du même accouchement que son frère ou sa sœur. Pronounced \ʒy.mo\. Often confused with jument and jumelé.

Key facts for jumeau
PropertyValue
Headwordjumeau
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\ʒy.mo\
Letters6
Frequency rank#17,176
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of jumeau in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for jumeau is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for jumeau, with forms such as "jjumeau", "jmueau", and "juemau". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.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.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is jumeau, spelled J-U-M-E-A-U, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est issu du même accouchement que son frère ou sa sœur.
  2. 2
    En parlant d’un fruit, qui est attaché à un autre.
  3. 3
    En parlant d’un lit, qui a la même forme et la même dimension qu’un autre lit placé parallèlement dans la même pièce.
  4. 4
    En parlant d’un lit, qui a une taille normalisée un matelas, 39×75 pouces, soit 100×190 cm.
  5. 5
    En parlant d’un des petits muscles qui concourt aux mouvements de la jambe, qui forme un ensemble avec l’autre.
  6. 6
    En parlant d’une artère, d’une veine, d’un nerf, qui aboutit dans les muscles jumeaux.
  7. 7
    Morceau de bœuf situé dans l'épaule, avec le paleron et la macreuse à pot-au-feu.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: jjumeau,jmueau,juemau,jumaeu,jumeua,jummeau,ujmeau

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for jumeau

Misspelling Variants of "jumeau"

jjumeau7jmueau6juemau6jumaeu6jumeua6jummeau7ujmeau6
Misspelling Variants of "jumeau"

Frequency rank: #17,176 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "jumeau"?
"jumeau" is spelled J-U-M-E-A-U. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒy.mo\.
What does "jumeau" mean?
As an adj, "jumeau" means: Qui est issu du même accouchement que son frère ou sa sœur.
What words are commonly confused with "jumeau"?
"jumeau" is commonly confused with "jument", "jumelé", "jumeaux". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "jumeau"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jumeau" is \ʒy.mo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jumeau" come from?
"jumeau" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.