joie

\ʒwa\

/\ʒwa\/ noun

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The verdict

“joie” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #1,820) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#1,820
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sentiment de bonheur, de satisfaction vive et intense qui vient du plaisir que l'on a à agir, à accomplir non pas une tâche répétitive, mais de contribuer à un certain progrès qui est empreint d'un...

Corpus desk

Index FR-joie · joie · French

joie · rank #1,820 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,820
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH inscrit

Nearest frequency peer: inscrit (-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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « joie »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « joie » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

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).

joie vs jon
50% similar
joie vs joy
50% similar
joie vs jos
50% similar

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

Key facts for joie
PropertyValue
Headwordjoie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒwa\
Letters4
Frequency rank#1,820
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « joie »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).joiese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « inscrit » (#1,819), « kilomètres » (#1,821), « impact » (#1,818). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « joie » est au #1,820. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for joie is neighbouring look-alikes ("jon", "joy", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \ʒwa\. Frequency #1,820 among 957 “J” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for joie, with forms such as "jioe", "jjoie", and "joei". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "jon", "joy", "jos", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is joie, spelled J-O-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sentiment de bonheur, de satisfaction vive et intense qui vient du plaisir que l'on a à agir, à accomplir non pas une tâche répétitive, mais de contribuer à un certain progrès qui est empreint d'un caractère spirituel philosophique, scientifique, religieux ou esthétique.
  2. 2
    Plaisirs ; jouissances.
  3. 3
    Gaieté ; humeur gaie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sa joie ne vient pas de ce ménage sans reproche mais de sa progéniture. Elle compte lentement, pointant du doigt ses enfants: Mamadou, Ali, Awa … «plus ceux qui sont dehors ou à l'école». Neuf en tout. Un chiffre qui au Niger n'a rien d'exceptionnel. On frise même la norme. Le pays affiche le plus haut taux de fertilité de la planète, 7,6 enfants par femm…
  2. L'heureux père, qui se sentait inondé de joie par la joie de sa fille, se tourna pour mieux la voir ; dans ce mouvement les rênes lui glissèrent des mains.

Synonyms

gaietéallégresseentrainenjouementjovialitéjubilation

Antonyms

peinetristessechagrinmélancolieennui

This word in other languages

happiness(English)alegría(Español)Freude(Deutsch)alegria(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • jioe
  • jjoie
  • joei
  • ojie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of joie - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

jioe2jjoie1joei2ojie2
Edit distance from "joie"

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 "joie"?
"joie" is spelled J-O-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒwa\.
What does "joie" mean?
As a noun, "joie" means: Sentiment de bonheur, de satisfaction vive et intense qui vient du plaisir que l'on a à agir, à accomplir non pas une tâche répétitive, mais de contribuer à un certain progrès qui est empreint d'un...
What words are commonly confused with "joie"?
"joie" is commonly confused with "jon", "joy", "jos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "joie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "joie" is \ʒwa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "joie" come from?
"joie" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

auto#1,803allé#1,800vécu#1,794sois#1,787

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list