junior

/\ʒy.njɔʁ\/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,147

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

junior is anFrenchadj. It means: Relatif aux jeunes. Pronounced \ʒy.njɔʁ\. It ranks #5,147 in French word frequency. Often confused with Juno and juniors.

Key facts for junior
PropertyValue
Headwordjunior
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\ʒy.njɔʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,147
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for junior is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʒy.njɔʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #5,147 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for junior, with forms such as "jjunior", "jnuior", and "juinor". 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, "Juno", "juniors", "julio", 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 junior, spelled J-U-N-I-O-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif aux jeunes.
  2. 2
    Qui concerne les sportifs âgés de 12 à 16 ans.
  3. 3
    Qui concerne les sportifs âgés de 12 à 16 ans.
  4. 4
    Distingue le fils du père lorsque ceux-ci ont le même prénom et le même patronyme, en particulier dans les pays anglo-saxons.
  5. 5
    De moindre expérience du métier que le senior, généralement moins de trois ans.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: jjunior,jnuior,juinor,juniorr,juniro,junnior,junoir,ujnior

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for junior

Misspelling Variants of "junior"

jjunior7jnuior6juinor6juniorr7juniro6junnior7junoir6ujnior6
Misspelling Variants of "junior"

Frequency rank: #5,147 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "junior"?
"junior" is spelled J-U-N-I-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒy.njɔʁ\.
What does "junior" mean?
As an adj, "junior" means: Relatif aux jeunes.
What words are commonly confused with "junior"?
"junior" is commonly confused with "Juno", "juniors", "julio". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "junior"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "junior" is \ʒy.njɔʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "junior" come from?
"junior" 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.