joliesse
\ʒɔ.li.ɛs\
The verdict
“joliesse” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualité de ce qui est joli.
Corpus desk
Index FR-joliesse · joliesse · French
joliesse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "J" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | joliesse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒɔ.li.ɛs\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
joliesse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒɔ.li.ɛs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qualité de ce qui est joli.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for joliesse, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is joliesse, spelled J-O-L-I-E-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Qualité de ce qui est joli.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how joliesse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le Picard de la côte est moins dru, d'une charpente moins massive que celui qui habite l'intérieur des terres; j'ai vu dans le Vimeu des visages virils d'une rare noblesse; et la joliesse des Abbevilloises est légendaire.
Vers sa dix-huitième année, il devait perdre tout d’un coup le fruit de ses expériences, comme se préparant à entrer dans un monde où les raffinements, les joliesses devenaient un bagage encombrant.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.