paon du jour
\pɑ̃ dy ʒuʁ\
The verdict
“paon du 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
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Un insecte lépidoptère (papillon) de jour de la famille des nymphalidés (Nymphalidae), dont les ailes ont des ocelles (yeux) vives sur un fond vermeil.
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Index FR-paon-du-jour · paon du jour · French
paon du 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 "P" 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 | paon du jour |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɑ̃ dy ʒuʁ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
paon du jour is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɑ̃ dy ʒuʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Un insecte lépidoptère (papillon) de jour de la famille des nymphalidés (Nymphalidae), dont les ailes ont des ocelles (yeux) vives sur un fond vermeil.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for paon du jour, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is paon du jour, spelled P-A-O-N- -D-U- -J-O-U-R.
Definition
- 1Un insecte lépidoptère (papillon) de jour de la famille des nymphalidés (Nymphalidae), dont les ailes ont des ocelles (yeux) vives sur un fond vermeil.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how paon du jour appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La chenille du paon du jour se nourrit sur les orties.
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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.