jonc
\ʒɔ̃\
The verdict
“jonc” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #41,850 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #41,850
- frequency rank, French
- 4
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom donné à des plantes à tige droite et flexible, qui croissent ordinairement le long des eaux, ou même dans l’eau, et dont plusieurs espèces servaient à faire des liens, des nattes, des cannes, e...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jonc |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #41,850 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jonc” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for jonc is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʒɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #41,850 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for jonc, with forms such as "jjonc", "jnoc", and "jocn". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "joy", "jos", "jou", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is jonc, spelled J-O-N-C.
Definition
- 1Nom donné à des plantes à tige droite et flexible, qui croissent ordinairement le long des eaux, ou même dans l’eau, et dont plusieurs espèces servaient à faire des liens, des nattes, des cannes, etc., du genre Juncus ou qui rappellent ce genre par leur apparence.
- 2Canne de jonc.
- 3Sorte de bague dont le cercle est égal partout.
- 4Or, objet en or. Par métonymie avec les alliances faites d'un jonc d'or.
- 5Pénis.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: jjonc,jnoc,jocn,joncc,jonnc,ojnc
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of jonc - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “jonc”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is J-O-N-C - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʒɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “joy” - see the side-by-side comparison. jonc vs joy
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.