maman de jour
\ma.mɑ̃ də ʒuʁ\
The verdict
“maman de jour” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Assistante maternelle, nounou.
Corpus desk
Index FR-maman-de-jour · maman de jour · French
maman de jour · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | maman de jour |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ma.mɑ̃ də ʒuʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « maman de jour » en français
Rare enough to double-check
maman de jour is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.mɑ̃ də ʒuʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Assistante maternelle, nounou.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for maman de jour in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. 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 maman de jour, spelled M-A-M-A-N- -D-E- -J-O-U-R.
Definition
- 1Assistante maternelle, nounou.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how maman de jour appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
À son bord, une maman de jour de 28 ans et trois bambins: deux fillettes de 22 mois et 4 ans ainsi que leur frère de 7 ans, attachés à l’arrière dans leurs sièges enfants.
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.