jokes

Name: jokes, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\dʒɔk\

/\dʒɔk\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“jokes” is uncommon French (frequency #66,846 among 957 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,846
frequency rank, French: 957
“J” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de joke.

Corpus desk

Index FR-jokes · jokes · French

jokes · rank #66,846 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-RARE #66,846
LEN-MID 5 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-0 0 variants
BOOK-MID 957
PHOTO-FINISH Jozef

Nearest frequency peer: Jozef (+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.

jailbreak

33,159
Jamil

33,158
jokes

33,155
Jozef

33,154
juridiction…

33,153
Kabir

33,151

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « jokes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Key facts for jokes
Property	Value
Headword	jokes
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\dʒɔk\
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#66,846
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « jokes » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).jokestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#66,846

#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: « Jozef » (#66,847), « juridictionnel » (#66,848), « Jamil » (#66,843). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « jokes » est au #66,846. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

jokes is uncommon French at frequency #66,846 among 957 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \dʒɔk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de joke.".

No misspelling variants are generated for jokes in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 jokes, spelled J-O-K-E-S.

Definition

1
Pluriel de joke.

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 "jokes"?

"jokes" is spelled J-O-K-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \dʒɔk\.

What does "jokes" mean?

As a noun, "jokes" means: Pluriel de joke.

How do you pronounce "jokes"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jokes" is \dʒɔk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "jokes" come from?

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Jozef#66,847 Jamil#66,843 Kabir#66,850 lucha#66,883