meneur de jeu

\mø.nœʁ də ʒø\

/\mø.nœʁ də ʒø\/ noun

The verdict

“meneur de jeu” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
13
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According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - En jeu de rôle sur table, joueur ayant la responsabilité de l'environnement fictionnel dans lequel évoluent les personnages joueurs c'est-à-dire les personnages interprétés par les autres joueurs e...

Key facts for meneur de jeu
PropertyValue
Headwordmeneur de jeu
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mø.nœʁ də ʒø\
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “meneur de jeu” sits in French frequency

meneur de jeu falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for meneur de jeu is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mø.nœʁ də ʒø\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Zero misspellings are on record for meneur de jeu in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 meneur de jeu, spelled M-E-N-E-U-R- -D-E- -J-E-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    En jeu de rôle sur table, joueur ayant la responsabilité de l'environnement fictionnel dans lequel évoluent les personnages joueurs c'est-à-dire les personnages interprétés par les autres joueurs et joueuses, et qui a en particulier la responsabilité des personnages non-joueurs, du cadre de jeu (univers, factions), d'éléments d'intrigue inconnus des autres joueurs et joueuses…
  2. 2
    Joueur, généralement au milieu de terrain, chargé de diriger le jeu de son équipe.

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "meneur de jeu"?
"meneur de jeu" is spelled M-E-N-E-U-R- -D-E- -J-E-U. The IPA pronunciation is \mø.nœʁ də ʒø\.
What does "meneur de jeu" mean?
As a noun, "meneur de jeu" means: En jeu de rôle sur table, joueur ayant la responsabilité de l'environnement fictionnel dans lequel évoluent les personnages joueurs c'est-à-dire les personnages interprétés par les autres joueurs e...
How do you pronounce "meneur de jeu"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "meneur de jeu" is \mø.nœʁ də ʒø\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "meneur de jeu" come from?
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Using “meneur de jeu”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is M-E-N-E-U-R- -D-E- -J-E-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \mø.nœʁ də ʒø\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list