Joffre

\ʒɔfʁ\

/\ʒɔfʁ\/ name

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The verdict

“Joffre” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,882. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,882
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille originaire du sud de la France et en particulier du Roussillon, surtout connu via un général puis maréchal des armées françaises durant la guerre de 1914-1918.

Corpus desk

Index FR-joffre · Joffre · French

Joffre · rank #37,882 · 7 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,882
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH iTélé

Nearest frequency peer: iTélé (-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 « Joffre »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Joffre » 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).

Joffre vs Joffrey
86% similar
Joffre vs Jeffrey
71% similar

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

Key facts for Joffre
PropertyValue
HeadwordJoffre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ʒɔfʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#37,882
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Joffre »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Joffrese 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 « iTélé » (#37,881), « Johanne » (#37,883), « isotopes » (#37,880). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « Joffre » est au #37,882. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Joffre (IPA \ʒɔfʁ\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #37,882 among 957 “J” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille originaire du sud de la France et en particulier du Roussillon, surtout connu via un général puis maréchal des armées françaises durant la guerre de 1914-1918.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Joffre, with forms such as "jfofre", "jjoffre", and "joffer". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Joffrey", "Jeffrey", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Joffre, spelled J-O-F-F-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille originaire du sud de la France et en particulier du Roussillon, surtout connu via un général puis maréchal des armées françaises durant la guerre de 1914-1918.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’idée de protéger le Nord n’est pas encore entrée dans la lente cervelle du général Joffre.
  2. Joffre ! Ah ! si tous les officiers d’à présent lui ressemblaient, on serait pas dans la merde ! C’est un homme comme lui qu’il faudrait à la tête du gouvernement !

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • jfofre
  • jjoffre
  • joffer
  • joffrre
  • jofre
  • jofrfe
  • ojffre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

jfofre2jjoffre1joffer2joffrre1jofre1jofrfe2ojffre2
Edit distance from "Joffre"

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 "Joffre"?
"Joffre" is spelled J-O-F-F-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒɔfʁ\.
What does "Joffre" mean?
As a proper noun, "Joffre" means: Nom de famille originaire du sud de la France et en particulier du Roussillon, surtout connu via un général puis maréchal des armées françaises durant la guerre de 1914-1918.
What words are commonly confused with "Joffre"?
"Joffre" is commonly confused with "Joffrey", "Jeffrey". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Joffre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Joffre" is \ʒɔfʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Joffre" come from?
"Joffre" 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 "Joffre", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Lauzon#37,892listés#37,895Léonie#37,902Hayley#37,855

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

iTélé7 variantsIrwin7 variantsGunnar7 variantsgould7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list