joc

noun

The verdict

“joc” is uncommon French (frequency #94,948 among 957 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,948
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-joc · joc · French

joc · rank #94,948 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,948
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH Joanny

Nearest frequency peer: Joanny (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « joc »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « joc » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for joc
PropertyValue
Headwordjoc
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters3
Frequency rank#94,948
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « joc » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).joctombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Joanny » (#94,947), « joggeur » (#94,949), « junta » (#94,950). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « joc » est au #94,948. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

joc is uncommon French at frequency #94,948 among 957 “J” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

joc has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is joc, spelled J-O-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Juchoir.
  2. 2
    Arrêt, repos d'un moulin à eau ou à vent.
  3. 3
    Timon.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Être à joc, être au repos, sur le juchoir, en parlant des poules.
  2. Mettre le moulin à joc, l’arrêter.

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 "joc"?
"joc" is spelled J-O-C.
What does "joc" mean?
As a noun, "joc" means: Juchoir.
What language does "joc" come from?
"joc" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list