mise à jour
\mi.z‿a ʒuʁ\
The verdict
“mise à jour” 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
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action ou processus de mettre à jour ; actualisation.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mise à jour |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mi.z‿a ʒuʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mise à jour” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for mise à jour is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mi.z‿a ʒuʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
mise à jour has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is mise à jour, spelled M-I-S-E- -À- -J-O-U-R.
Definition
- 1Action ou processus de mettre à jour ; actualisation.
- 2Nouvelle version (souvent partielle) d'un ensemble de données ou d'un logiciel permettant de le mettre à jour
- 3Opération qui rectifie certains éléments ou certaines zones d'une carte, en vue d’un nouveau tirage ou d’une nouvelle édition.
- 4Pour une carte marine, opération consistant, pour le détenteur d’une carte, à assurer sa tenue à jour à l’aide des avis aux navigateurs.
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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.
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Using “mise à jour”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-I-S-E- -À- -J-O-U-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \mi.z‿a ʒuʁ\ (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.