joint

/\ʒwɛ̃\/ adj

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,344

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

joint is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui est joint. Pronounced \ʒwɛ̃\. It ranks #4,344 in French word frequency. Often confused with jon and juin.

Key facts for joint
PropertyValue
Headwordjoint
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\ʒwɛ̃\
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,344
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of joint in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for joint is 5 letters long, classified as anadj, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for joint, with forms such as "jiont", "jjoint", and "joinnt". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, 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, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is joint, spelled J-O-I-N-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est joint.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: jiont,jjoint,joinnt,jointt,joitn,jonit,ojint

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for joint

Misspelling Variants of "joint"

jiont5jjoint6joinnt6jointt6joitn5jonit5ojint5
Misspelling Variants of "joint"

Frequency rank: #4,344 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "joint"?
"joint" is spelled J-O-I-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒwɛ̃\.
What does "joint" mean?
As an adj, "joint" means: Qui est joint.
What words are commonly confused with "joint"?
"joint" is commonly confused with "jon", "juin", "jong". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "joint"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "joint" is \ʒwɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "joint" come from?
"joint" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.