junction
\ˈd͡ʒʌŋk.ʃən\
The verdict
“junction” is uncommon French (frequency #60,895 among 957 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,895
- frequency rank, French
- 957
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jonction, accouplement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-junction · junction · French
junction · rank #60,895 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,895
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 957
- PHOTO-FINISH jouerons
Nearest frequency peer: jouerons (-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 « junction »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Izzy
Izzy
39,111 corpus weight
- jouerons
jouerons
39,107 corpus weight
- junction
junction
39,106 corpus weight
- jungles
jungles
39,105 corpus weight
- Kassovitz
Kassovitz
39,104 corpus weight
- Kayes
Kayes
39,102 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « junction » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | junction |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈd͡ʒʌŋk.ʃən\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #60,895 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « junction » en français
Rare enough to double-check
junction is uncommon French at frequency #60,895 among 957 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈd͡ʒʌŋk.ʃən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Jonction, accouplement.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for junction in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is junction, spelled J-U-N-C-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Jonction, accouplement.
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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