l’autre jour
\l‿otʁ ʒuʁ\
The verdict
“l’autre jour” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dans un passé proche mais indéfini.
Corpus desk
Index FR-l-autre-jour · l’autre jour · French
l’autre jour · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" 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 | l’autre jour |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \l‿otʁ ʒuʁ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « l’autre jour » en français
Rare enough to double-check
l’autre jour is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \l‿otʁ ʒuʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dans un passé proche mais indéfini.".
Zero misspellings are on record for l’autre jour in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is l’autre jour, spelled L-’-A-U-T-R-E- -J-O-U-R.
Definition
- 1Dans un passé proche mais indéfini.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how l’autre jour appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mademoiselle, oserai-je vous demander si vous avez donné un pendant à ce charmant paysage que vous présentâtes l'autre jour au maréchal ?
L'autre jour, en me promenant le long du ruisseau qui coule à l'Est du camp, je l'ai trouvé littéralement bloqué de charognes en putréfaction; […]
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.