joint
\ʒwɛ̃\
The verdict
“joint” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #4,344 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #4,344
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui est joint.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | joint |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʒwɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #4,344 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “joint” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for joint is 5 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʒwɛ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #4,344 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Qui est joint.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for joint, with forms such as "jiont", "jjoint", and "joinnt". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "jon", "juin", "jong", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 joint, spelled J-O-I-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui est joint.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: jiont,jjoint,joinnt,jointt,joitn,jonit,ojint
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of joint - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “joint”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is J-O-I-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʒwɛ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “jon” - see the side-by-side comparison. joint vs jon
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.