juron
\ʒy.ʁɔ̃\
The verdict
“juron” is uncommon French (frequency #55,390 among 957 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,390
- frequency rank, French
- 957
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Exclamation de colère ou de surprise n’ayant généralement pas de destinataire particulier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-juron · juron · French
juron · rank #55,390 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,390
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 957
- PHOTO-FINISH juba
Nearest frequency peer: juba (-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 « juron »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- joule
joule
44,614 corpus weight
- juba
juba
44,612 corpus weight
- juron
juron
44,611 corpus weight
- Kaaris
Kaaris
44,610 corpus weight
- kaba
kaba
44,609 corpus weight
- kam
kam
44,608 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « juron » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | juron |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒy.ʁɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #55,390 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « juron » en français
Rare enough to double-check
juron is uncommon French at frequency #55,390 among 957 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒy.ʁɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for juron in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is juron, spelled J-U-R-O-N.
Definition
- 1Exclamation de colère ou de surprise n’ayant généralement pas de destinataire particulier.
- 2Ce par quoi on jure.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how juron appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Qu'est-ce qu'un juron, en effet...? Un mot par lequel l'homme en colère exhale d'un seul coup des sentiments qui demanderaient quelquefois un volume pour s'exprimer congrûment.
Le buraliste, plutôt lève-tard et de mauvaise humeur, montait à peine son rideau de fer récalcitrant en poussant quelques jurons.
This word in other languages
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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