Joigny
The verdict
“Joigny” is uncommon French (frequency #57,354 among 957 “J” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,354
- frequency rank, French
- 957
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de l’Yonne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-joigny · Joigny · French
Joigny · rank #57,354 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,354
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 957
- PHOTO-FINISH Jef
Nearest frequency peer: Jef (-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 « Joigny »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Jamet
Jamet
42,650 corpus weight
- jarretelles
jarretelles
42,649 corpus weight
- Jef
Jef
42,648 corpus weight
- Joigny
Joigny
42,647 corpus weight
- judiciairem…
judiciairement
42,645 corpus weight
- jukebox
jukebox
42,644 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Joigny » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Joigny |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #57,354 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Joigny » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Joigny is uncommon French at frequency #57,354 among 957 “J” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Joigny has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Joigny, spelled J-O-I-G-N-Y.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département de l’Yonne.
- 2Ancien nom de la commune française Joigny-sur-Meuse.
- 3Canton français, situé dans le département de l’Yonne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Joigny appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dès qu'il s'éloigne du sol natal, sa pensée y retourne avec un charme douloureux et persistant. Dole, Dijon, Auxerre, Joigny, Sens, Fontainebleau, tous ces grands relais de poste, n'intéressaient que médiocrement les deux enfants.
À présent, j’avais dix-sept ans, et maman consentit à me mettre dans un train qui me conduirait directement de Paris à Joigny, où mes hôtes viendraient me chercher.
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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