joi
The verdict
“joi” is uncommon French (frequency #74,922 among 957 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,922
- frequency rank, French
- 957
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Joie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-joi · joi · French
joi · rank #74,922 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,922
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 957
- PHOTO-FINISH Jolin
Nearest frequency peer: Jolin (+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 « joi »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Jenni
Jenni
25,083 corpus weight
- jeon
jeon
25,082 corpus weight
- Jijel
Jijel
25,081 corpus weight
- joi
joi
25,079 corpus weight
- Jolin
Jolin
25,078 corpus weight
- jouissances
jouissances
25,077 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « joi » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | joi |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #74,922 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « joi » en français
Rare enough to double-check
joi is uncommon French at frequency #74,922 among 957 “J” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Joie.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for joi, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is joi, spelled J-O-I.
Definition
- 1Joie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how joi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Toz li miens jois est ore feniz
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.
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