# Joliet

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #37,996

## Definitions
1. A place in the United States:
2. A place in the United States:
3. A place in the United States:
4. A place in the United States:
5. A place in the United States:
6. A file system specification that extends ISO 9660 to relax restrictions on filenames.

## Etymology
The city in Illinois was probably named after 17th-century explorer Louis Jolliet.

## Easily confused with
- **jolt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/joliet-vs-jolt)
- **Julie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/joliet-vs-julie)
- **Juliet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/joliet-vs-juliet)
- **Julien** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/joliet-vs-julien)
- **joint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/joint-vs-joliet)
- **Jolie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jolie-vs-joliet)

## Common misspellings (8)
`jjoliet`, `jloiet`, `joilet`, `joleit`, `joliett`, `jolite`, `jolliet`, `ojliet`

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