jusant
\ʒy.zɑ̃\
The verdict
“jusant” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Reflux de la marée ; marée descendante.
Corpus desk
Index FR-jusant · jusant · French
jusant · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "J" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jusant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒy.zɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
jusant is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒy.zɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for jusant, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is jusant, spelled J-U-S-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Reflux de la marée ; marée descendante.
- 2Mouvement de retrait.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how jusant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bientôt le jusant se fit sentir ; le Duncan lança dans les airs de vigoureux coups de sifflet, largua ses amarres, et se dégagea des navires environnants.
Le flot et le jusant courant au large, sans interruption, pendant 2 ou 3 heures après la haute ou basse mer sur la côte, circonstance dont il faut soigneusement tenir compte en franchissant les bancs.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.