joaillier

\ʒɔ.ɑ.je\

/\ʒɔ.ɑ.je\/ noun

The verdict

“joaillier” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,963. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,963
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fabricant ou vendeur de joyaux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-joaillier · joaillier · French

joaillier · rank #42,963 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #42,963
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH juke

Nearest frequency peer: juke (+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 « joaillier »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « joaillier » 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).

joaillier vs jaillir
78% similar

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

Key facts for joaillier
PropertyValue
Headwordjoaillier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒɔ.ɑ.je\
Letters9
Frequency rank#42,963
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « joaillier »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).joaillierse 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 « juke » (#42,964), « jetter » (#42,961), « justiciables » (#42,965). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « joaillier » est au #42,963. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around joaillier (IPA \ʒɔ.ɑ.je\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,963 among 957 “J” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Fabricant ou vendeur de joyaux.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for joaillier, with forms such as "jaoillier", "jjoaillier", and "joailier". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "jaillir", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 joaillier, spelled J-O-A-I-L-L-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fabricant ou vendeur de joyaux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. De même qu’en allant au bal, parée des œuvres resplendissantes du joaillier, vous ne pensez pas aux bras nerveux, aux ouvriers en veste, aux ignobles ateliers d’où s’élancent, radieuses, ces fleurs du travail.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • jaoillier
  • jjoaillier
  • joailier
  • joaililer
  • joailleir
  • joaillierr
  • joaillire
  • joalilier
  • joiallier
  • ojaillier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of joaillier - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

jaoillier2jjoaillier1joailier1joaililer2joailleir2joaillierr1joaillire2joalilier2
Edit distance from "joaillier"

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 "joaillier"?
"joaillier" is spelled J-O-A-I-L-L-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒɔ.ɑ.je\.
What does "joaillier" mean?
As a noun, "joaillier" means: Fabricant ou vendeur de joyaux.
What words are commonly confused with "joaillier"?
"joaillier" is commonly confused with "jaillir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "joaillier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "joaillier" is \ʒɔ.ɑ.je\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "joaillier" come from?
"joaillier" 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 "joaillier", 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 (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list