jalousies

\ʒa.lu.zi\

/\ʒa.lu.zi\/ noun

The verdict

“jalousies” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,125. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,125
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de jalousie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-jalousies · jalousies · French

jalousies · rank #45,125 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #45,125
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH irrésistibles

Nearest frequency peer: irrésistibles (-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 « jalousies »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « jalousies » 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).

jalousies vs jalouse
78% similar
jalousies vs Jalousie
78% similar
jalousies vs jalouses
89% similar

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

Key facts for jalousies
PropertyValue
Headwordjalousies
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒa.lu.zi\
Letters9
Frequency rank#45,125
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « jalousies »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « irrésistibles » (#45,124), « jante » (#45,126), « invocations » (#45,123). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « jalousies » est au #45,125. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around jalousies (IPA \ʒa.lu.zi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,125 among 957 “J” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de jalousie.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for jalousies, with forms such as "ajlousies", "jallousies", and "jalosuies". 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, "jalouse", "Jalousie", "jalouses", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 jalousies, spelled J-A-L-O-U-S-I-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de jalousie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how jalousies appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Vous manifestez de belles ambitions qui vont vous valoir quelques jalousies.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ajlousies
  • jallousies
  • jalosuies
  • jalouises
  • jalouseis
  • jalousiess
  • jalousise
  • jaloussies
  • jaluosies
  • jaolusies
  • jjalousies
  • jlaousies

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of jalousies - 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.

ajlousies2jallousies1jalosuies2jalouises2jalouseis2jalousiess1jalousise2jaloussies1
Edit distance from "jalousies"

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

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list