Yom Kippour
\jɔm ki.puʁ\
The verdict
“Yom Kippour” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fête juive observée le dixième jour du mois de tishrei.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Yom Kippour |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \jɔm ki.puʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Yom Kippour” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Yom Kippour is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \jɔm ki.puʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fête juive observée le dixième jour du mois de tishrei.".
Yom Kippour has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Yom Kippour, spelled Y-O-M- -K-I-P-P-O-U-R.
Definition
- 1Fête juive observée le dixième jour du mois de tishrei.
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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 “Yom Kippour”
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- The one correct French spelling is Y-O-M- -K-I-P-P-O-U-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.