en joue
The verdict
“en joue” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dirigé vers une cible (en parlant d’un fusil, d’une arme à feu).
Corpus desk
Index FR-en-joue · en joue · French
en joue · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | en joue |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « en joue » en français
Rare enough to double-check
en joue is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dirigé vers une cible (en parlant d’un fusil, d’une arme à feu).".
en joue doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is en joue, spelled E-N- -J-O-U-E.
Definition
- 1Dirigé vers une cible (en parlant d’un fusil, d’une arme à feu).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how en joue appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais aussitôt, après avoir couché en joue l’animal, il laissa retomber son arme, […].
L’arme en joue, il avança sur son antagoniste, avec, dans l’esprit, la sotte fantaisie de crier un « haut les mains ! » magnanime.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.