jounce
/d͡ʒaʊn(t)s/verb, noun
jounce is spelled J-O-U-N-C-E: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 95 million words in written English, the 313,259th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, jounce means “To shake (someone or something) up and down, for example, by driving a vehicle over obstructions or riding a horse roughly; to jolt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in jounce?
| Letters | 6: J-O-U-N-C-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 95 million words; the 313,259th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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 jounce?
Jounce appears about once in every 95 million words in written English, the 313,259th 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 jounce?
- US /d͡ʒaʊn(t)s/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-jounce.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-jounce.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with jounce?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as jounce from its last stressed vowel (/aʊns/):
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 jounce
- jounces present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- jouncing participle, present
- jounced participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does jounce mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To shake (someone or something) up and down, for example, by driving a vehicle over obstructions or riding a horse roughly; to jolt.
- 2
To move vigorously up and down; to bounce, to bump, to jolt; also, to fall and hit something heavily.
Near-synonym: jostle
noun
- 1
A vigorous up-and-down movement; a jolt, a shake.
- 2
The fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time; the time derivative of jerk.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Jounce in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense (transitive) to shake (someone or something) up and down; (intransitive) to move:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does jounce come from?
The verb is derived from Late Middle English *jouncen (“to jolt violently”) (evidenced by jouncinge (“violent jolting movement”)); further etymology unknown, possibly imitative. The noun is probably derived from the verb as it is attested later.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).