adjoint

\ad.ʒwɛ̃\

/\ad.ʒwɛ̃\/ adj

The verdict

“adjoint” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,311. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,311
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est adjoint.

Corpus desk

Index FR-adjoint · adjoint · French

adjoint · rank #3,311 · 10 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,311
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH adaptation

Nearest frequency peer: adaptation (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « adjoint »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « adjoint » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

adjoint vs adroit
71% similar
adjoint vs appoint
71% similar
adjoint vs adjoints
88% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for adjoint
PropertyValue
Headwordadjoint
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ad.ʒwɛ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,311
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « adjoint »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).adjointse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « adaptation » (#3,310), « agissait » (#3,312), « abandonné » (#3,309). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « adjoint » est au #3,311. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around adjoint (IPA \ad.ʒwɛ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,311 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui est adjoint.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for adjoint, with forms such as "addjoint", "adjiont", and "adjjoint". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "adroit", "appoint", "adjoints", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is adjoint, spelled A-D-J-O-I-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est adjoint.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • addjoint
  • adjiont
  • adjjoint
  • adjoinnt
  • adjointt
  • adjoitn
  • adjonit
  • adojint
  • ajdoint
  • dajoint

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of adjoint - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

addjoint1adjiont2adjjoint1adjoinnt1adjointt1adjoitn2adjonit2adojint2
Edit distance from "adjoint"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "adjoint"?
"adjoint" is spelled A-D-J-O-I-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ad.ʒwɛ̃\.
What does "adjoint" mean?
As an adjective, "adjoint" means: Qui est adjoint.
What words are commonly confused with "adjoint"?
"adjoint" is commonly confused with "adroit", "appoint", "adjoints". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "adjoint"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "adjoint" is \ad.ʒwɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "adjoint" come from?
"adjoint" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "adjoint", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list