junkies

\dʒœn.ki\

/\dʒœn.ki\/ noun

The verdict

“junkies” is uncommon French (frequency #57,358 among 957 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,358
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-junkies · junkies · French

junkies · rank #57,358 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,358
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH jukebox

Nearest frequency peer: jukebox (-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 « junkies »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for junkies
PropertyValue
Headwordjunkies
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dʒœn.ki\
Letters7
Frequency rank#57,358
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « junkies » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.junkiestombe 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: « jukebox » (#57,357), « Karthala » (#57,359), « judiciairement » (#57,356). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « junkies » est au #57,358. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

junkies is uncommon French at frequency #57,358 among 957 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \dʒœn.ki\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de junkie.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for junkies in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is junkies, spelled J-U-N-K-I-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de junkie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La presse underground comme Actuel, toujours prodigue en conseils pour préparer un trip au LSD, se montrait particulièrement critique envers les junkies.
  2. — T'es encore à traîner dans ce bar de junkies? T'as rien de mieux à foutre de ta vie? — Occupe-toi de ton cul. Il lui colle une grande baffe. Elle fait un pas de côté sous le choc.

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 "junkies"?
"junkies" is spelled J-U-N-K-I-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \dʒœn.ki\.
What does "junkies" mean?
As a noun, "junkies" means: Pluriel de junkie.
How do you pronounce "junkies"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "junkies" is \dʒœn.ki\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "junkies" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list