joliet

\ʒɔ.ljɛ\

/\ʒɔ.ljɛ\/ adj

The verdict

“joliet” is uncommon French (frequency #96,037 among 957 “J” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,037
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est assez joli.

Corpus desk

Index FR-joliet · joliet · French

joliet · rank #96,037 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,037
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH Johnstone

Nearest frequency peer: Johnstone (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « joliet »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for joliet
PropertyValue
Headwordjoliet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʒɔ.ljɛ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#96,037
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « joliet » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.joliettombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Johnstone » (#96,036), « journalopes » (#96,039), « jez » (#96,034). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « joliet » est au #96,037. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

joliet is uncommon French at frequency #96,037 among 957 “J” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʒɔ.ljɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui est assez joli.".

Zero misspellings are on record for joliet in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is joliet, spelled J-O-L-I-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est assez joli.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Elle est joliette.
  2. Oh ! Qu'ils étaient donc joliets Les petits mouchoirs de Cholet.

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 "joliet"?
"joliet" is spelled J-O-L-I-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒɔ.ljɛ\.
What does "joliet" mean?
As an adjective, "joliet" means: Qui est assez joli.
How do you pronounce "joliet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "joliet" is \ʒɔ.ljɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "joliet" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list