jungles

\ʒœ̃ɡl\

/\ʒœ̃ɡl\/ noun

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The verdict

“jungles” is uncommon French (frequency #60,896 among 957 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,896
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de jungle.

Corpus desk

Index FR-jungles · jungles · French

jungles · rank #60,896 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,896
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH junction

Nearest frequency peer: junction (-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 « jungles »

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 « jungles » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for jungles
PropertyValue
Headwordjungles
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒœ̃ɡl\
Letters7
Frequency rank#60,896
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « jungles » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).junglestombe 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: « junction » (#60,895), « Kassovitz » (#60,897), « jouerons » (#60,894). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « jungles » est au #60,896. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

jungles is uncommon French at frequency #60,896 among 957 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒœ̃ɡl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de jungle.".

jungles doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is jungles, spelled J-U-N-G-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de jungle.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Mais, peu à peu, par le jeu des mariages et des recrutements locaux, le PCB s’était "débirmanisé"', à l’exception de sa direction, et ses troupes étaient composées pour l’essentiel d’éléments venus des minorités ethniques des jungles montagneuses.

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 "jungles"?
"jungles" is spelled J-U-N-G-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒœ̃ɡl\.
What does "jungles" mean?
As a noun, "jungles" means: Pluriel de jungle.
How do you pronounce "jungles"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jungles" is \ʒœ̃ɡl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jungles" come from?
"jungles" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list