pour jamais
\puʁ ʒa.mɛ\
The verdict
“pour jamais” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adverb - 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) - Pour toujours.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pour jamais |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \puʁ ʒa.mɛ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pour jamais” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for pour jamais is 11 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \puʁ ʒa.mɛ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pour toujours.".
pour jamais doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is pour jamais, spelled P-O-U-R- -J-A-M-A-I-S.
Definition
- 1Pour toujours.
Synonyms
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 “pour jamais”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-O-U-R- -J-A-M-A-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \puʁ ʒa.mɛ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.