jolies

\ʒɔ.li\

/\ʒɔ.li\/ adj

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The verdict

“jolies” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,408. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,408
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de joli.

Corpus desk

Index FR-jolies · jolies · French

jolies · rank #6,408 · 8 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,408
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH Jane

Nearest frequency peer: Jane (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « jolies »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « jolies » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

jolies vs julie
67% similar
jolies vs jules
67% similar
jolies vs Jones
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for jolies
PropertyValue
Headwordjolies
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʒɔ.li\
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,408
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « jolies »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).joliesse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Jane » (#6,407), « libérale » (#6,409), « island » (#6,406). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « jolies » est au #6,408. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around jolies (IPA \ʒɔ.li\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,408 among 957 “J” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de joli.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for jolies, with forms such as "jjolies", "jloies", and "joiles". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "julie", "jules", "Jones", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 jolies, spelled J-O-L-I-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de joli.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L'arrière-saison prolongeait l’éclosion tardive des bolets, des russules "jolies", des tricholomes bleus.
  2. Ça ne va pas tarder, je pense, et tant mieux, car quelques très jolies jeunes filles américaines n’apparaissent point comme d’une grande faroucherie.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • jjolies
  • jloies
  • joiles
  • joleis
  • joliess
  • jolise
  • jollies
  • ojlies

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of jolies - 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.

jjolies1jloies2joiles2joleis2joliess1jolise2jollies1ojlies2
Edit distance from "jolies"

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 "jolies"?
"jolies" is spelled J-O-L-I-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒɔ.li\.
What does "jolies" mean?
As an adjective, "jolies" means: Féminin pluriel de joli.
What words are commonly confused with "jolies"?
"jolies" is commonly confused with "julie", "jules", "Jones". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "jolies"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jolies" is \ʒɔ.li\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jolies" come from?
"jolies" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

island#6,406légion#6,410mettra#6,414Morgan#6,415

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

relief8 variantscauser8 variantsBrest8 variantsterreur8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list