# join

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈd͡ʒɔɪn/ · frequency rank #1,085

## Definitions
1. To connect or combine into one; to put together.
2. To come together; to meet.
3. To enter into association or alliance, to unite in a common purpose.
4. To come into the company of.
5. To become a member of.
6. To produce an intersection of data in two or more database tables.
7. To unite in marriage.
8. To enjoin upon; to command.
9. To accept, or engage in, as a contest.

## Etymology
From Middle English joinen, joynen, joignen, from Old French joindre, juindre, jungre, from Latin iungō (“join, yoke”, verb), from Proto-Indo-European *yewg- (“to join, unite”). Cognate with Old English iucian, iugian, ġeocian, ġyċċan (“to join; yoke”). More at yoke.

## Easily confused with
- **joy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/join-vs-joy)
- **Jon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/join-vs-jon)
- **jun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/join-vs-jun)
- **Joo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/join-vs-joo)
- **jot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/join-vs-jot)
- **jor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/join-vs-jor)
- **joke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/join-vs-joke)
- **Josh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/join-vs-josh)
- **Jose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/join-vs-jose)
- **Juan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/join-vs-juan)
- **jong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/join-vs-jong)
- **joys** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/join-vs-joys)
- **jojo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/join-vs-jojo)
- **joss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/join-vs-joss)
- **jolt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/join-vs-jolt)
- **Joni** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/join-vs-joni)
- **jour** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/join-vs-jour)
- **JSON** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/join-vs-json)
- **Jove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/join-vs-jove)
- **joint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/join-vs-joint)

## Common misspellings (4)
`jion`, `jjoin`, `joinn`, `ojin`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/join