jone
/d͡ʒoʊn/verb
jone is spelled J-O-N-E: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 97,057th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, jone means “To good-naturedly make fun of (someone); to roast” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in jone?
| Letters | 4: J-O-N-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 10 million words; the 97,057th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is jone?
Jone appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 97,057th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce jone?
- US /d͡ʒoʊn/
- UK /d͡ʒəʊn/
Jone has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with jone?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as jone from its last stressed vowel (/oʊn/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: jeon.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of jone
- jones present, singular, he/she/it
- joning participle, present
- joned participle, past
- joan
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does jone mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
slangTo good-naturedly make fun of (someone); to roast.
To survive in the hood, you need to know how to jone.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does jone come from?
Unknown.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).