joi

noun

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for joi
PropertyValue
Headwordjoi
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters3
Frequency rank#74,922
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « joi » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.joitombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Jolin » (#74,923), « Jijel » (#74,920), « jouissances » (#74,924). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « joi » est au #74,922. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Joie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "joi"?
"joi" is spelled J-O-I.
What does "joi" mean?
As a noun, "joi" means: Joie.
What language does "joi" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "joi", 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