joignirent

\ʒwa.ɲiʁ\

/\ʒwa.ɲiʁ\/ verb

The verdict

“joignirent” is uncommon French (frequency #78,542 among 957 “J” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,542
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de joindre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-joignirent · joignirent · French

joignirent · rank #78,542 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,542
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH jobard

Nearest frequency peer: jobard (-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 « joignirent »

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 « joignirent » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for joignirent
PropertyValue
Headwordjoignirent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʒwa.ɲiʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#78,542
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « joignirent » en français

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « jobard » (#78,541), « Josiah » (#78,543), « JLD » (#78,540). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « joignirent » est au #78,542. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

joignirent is uncommon French at frequency #78,542 among 957 “J” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʒwa.ɲiʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de joindre.".

Zero misspellings are on record for joignirent in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is joignirent, spelled J-O-I-G-N-I-R-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de joindre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les gouvernements de Restauration s’effondrèrent parce que les industriels du Nord se joignirent aux planteurs du Sud pour désaffranchir à nouveau les Noirs par peur qu’une coalition entre les pauvres Blancs du Sud, les intérêts agraires déçus et les Noirs récemment libérés, les empêchât d’exécuter leur dessein, qui était de parvenir à la domination absol…

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 "joignirent"?
"joignirent" is spelled J-O-I-G-N-I-R-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒwa.ɲiʁ\.
What does "joignirent" mean?
As a verb, "joignirent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de joindre.
How do you pronounce "joignirent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "joignirent" is \ʒwa.ɲiʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "joignirent" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list