Jalousie

\ʒaluˈziː\

/\ʒaluˈziː\/ noun

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The verdict

“Jalousie” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,077. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,077
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Store vénitien.

Corpus desk

Index FR-jalousie · Jalousie · French

Jalousie · rank #7,077 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,077
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH interroge

Nearest frequency peer: interroge (-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 « Jalousie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Jalousie » 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).

Jalousie vs jalousies
78% similar
Jalousie vs jalouse
75% similar
Jalousie vs jalouses
63% similar

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

Key facts for Jalousie
PropertyValue
HeadwordJalousie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒaluˈziː\
Letters8
Frequency rank#7,077
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Jalousie »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Jalousiese 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 « interroge » (#7,076), « jouets » (#7,078), « innocence » (#7,075). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « Jalousie » est au #7,077. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Jalousie (IPA \ʒaluˈziː\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,077 among 957 “J” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Store vénitien.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Jalousie, with forms such as "ajlousie", "jallousie", and "jalosuie". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "jalousies", "jalouse", "jalouses", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Jalousie, spelled J-A-L-O-U-S-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Store vénitien.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ajlousie
  • jallousie
  • jalosuie
  • jalouise
  • jalousei
  • jaloussie
  • jaluosie
  • jaolusie
  • jjalousie
  • jlaousie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Jalousie - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ajlousie2jallousie1jalosuie2jalouise2jalousei2jaloussie1jaluosie2jaolusie2
Edit distance from "Jalousie"

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 "Jalousie"?
"Jalousie" is spelled J-A-L-O-U-S-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒaluˈziː\.
What does "Jalousie" mean?
As a noun, "Jalousie" means: Store vénitien.
What words are commonly confused with "Jalousie"?
"Jalousie" is commonly confused with "jalousies", "jalouse", "jalouses". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Jalousie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Jalousie" is \ʒaluˈziː\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Jalousie" come from?
"Jalousie" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

meurtres#7,085habituel#7,066mondiaux#7,088habiller#7,065

Similar misspelling depth

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

moutons10 variantsnotions10 variantsportion10 variantscouvent10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list