junk

adj

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The verdict

“junk” is uncommon French (frequency #50,313 among 957 “J” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,313
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - De peu de valeur, mauvais (pour la santé, en particulier), etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-junk · junk · French

junk · rank #50,313 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,313
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH jubilation

Nearest frequency peer: jubilation (-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 « junk »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for junk
PropertyValue
Headwordjunk
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
Letters4
Frequency rank#50,313
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « junk » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).junktombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « jubilation » (#50,312), « Jouve » (#50,311), « Kamouraska » (#50,315). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « junk » est au #50,313. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

junk is uncommon French at frequency #50,313 among 957 “J” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "De peu de valeur, mauvais (pour la santé, en particulier), etc.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for junk in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is junk, spelled J-U-N-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    De peu de valeur, mauvais (pour la santé, en particulier), etc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. C'est tellement moins "junk".
  2. Et le junk food maison, c'est moins "junk" qu'au resto!

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 "junk"?
"junk" is spelled J-U-N-K.
What does "junk" mean?
As an adjective, "junk" means: De peu de valeur, mauvais (pour la santé, en particulier), etc.
What language does "junk" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Krug#50,319ilot#50,279huez#50,272mead#50,354

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list