jonc

/\ʒɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#41,850

in French word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

jonc is aFrenchnoun. It means: 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... Pronounced \ʒɔ̃\. Often confused with joy and jos.

Key facts for jonc
PropertyValue
Headwordjonc
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒɔ̃\
Letters4
Frequency rank#41,850
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of jonc in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for jonc is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for jonc, with forms such as "jjonc", "jnoc", and "jocn". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, 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, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is jonc, spelled J-O-N-C, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    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, etc., du genre Juncus ou qui rappellent ce genre par leur apparence.
  2. 2
    Canne de jonc.
  3. 3
    Sorte de bague dont le cercle est égal partout.
  4. 4
    Or, objet en or. Par métonymie avec les alliances faites d'un jonc d'or.
  5. 5
    Pénis.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: jjonc,jnoc,jocn,joncc,jonnc,ojnc

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for jonc

Misspelling Variants of "jonc"

jjonc5jnoc4jocn4joncc5jonnc5ojnc4
Misspelling Variants of "jonc"

Frequency rank: #41,850 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "jonc"?
"jonc" is spelled J-O-N-C. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒɔ̃\.
What does "jonc" mean?
As a noun, "jonc" means: 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...
What words are commonly confused with "jonc"?
"jonc" is commonly confused with "joy", "jos", "jou". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "jonc"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jonc" is \ʒɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jonc" come from?
"jonc" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.