ji

\ʒi\

/\ʒi\/ noun

The verdict

“ji” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #14,713) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#14,713
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lettre latine J, j.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ji · ji · French

ji · rank #14,713 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,713
  • LEN-SHORT 2 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH irlandaise

Nearest frequency peer: irlandaise (-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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « ji »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « ji » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

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).

ji vs jo
50% similar
ji vs JT
0% similar
ji vs ju
50% similar

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

Key facts for ji
PropertyValue
Headwordji
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒi\
Letters2
Frequency rank#14,713
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « ji »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).jise place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « irlandaise » (#14,712), « joey » (#14,714), « inverser » (#14,711). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « ji » est au #14,713. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for ji is neighbouring look-alikes ("jo", "JT", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \ʒi\. Frequency #14,713 among 957 “J” headwords. Gloss: "Lettre latine J, j.".

ji doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "jo", "JT", "ju", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is ji, spelled J-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lettre latine J, j.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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 "ji"?
"ji" is spelled J-I. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒi\.
What does "ji" mean?
As a noun, "ji" means: Lettre latine J, j.
What words are commonly confused with "ji"?
"ji" is commonly confused with "jo", "JT", "ju". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ji"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ji" is \ʒi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ji" come from?
"ji" 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list