jongle

\ʒɔ̃ɡl\

/\ʒɔ̃ɡl\/ noun

The verdict

“jongle” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,339. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,339
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de jongler ; spectacle donné par cette action.

Corpus desk

Index FR-jongle · jongle · French

jongle · rank #40,339 · 9 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,339
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH judicieuse

Nearest frequency peer: judicieuse (+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 « jongle »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « jongle » 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).

jongle vs Jorge
50% similar
jongle vs jungle
83% similar
jongle vs jongler
86% similar

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

Key facts for jongle
PropertyValue
Headwordjongle
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒɔ̃ɡl\
Letters6
Frequency rank#40,339
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « jongle »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).jonglese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « judicieuse » (#40,340), « Jacquot » (#40,337), « Kessel » (#40,341). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « jongle » est au #40,339. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around jongle (IPA \ʒɔ̃ɡl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,339 among 957 “J” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for jongle, with forms such as "jjongle", "jnogle", and "jognle". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Jorge", "jungle", "jongler", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is jongle, spelled J-O-N-G-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de jongler ; spectacle donné par cette action.
  2. 2
    Chacun des contacts entre le ballon et le joueur ou la joueuse lors de l'exercice d'adresse qui consiste à ne pas laisser le ballon toucher le sol.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il serait prêt à tout ce soir, entonner le répertoire de Luis Mariano, faire des jongles avec ballon en souvenir de Raymond Kopa, imiter Georges Marchais à la Fête de L’humanité.
  2. L’autostoppeur a marché vers lui, reçu la balle, fait trois jongles avant de la lui rendre.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • jjongle
  • jnogle
  • jognle
  • jongel
  • jonggle
  • jonglle
  • jonlge
  • jonngle
  • ojngle

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of jongle - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

jjongle1jnogle2jognle2jongel2jonggle1jonglle1jonlge2jonngle1
Edit distance from "jongle"

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 "jongle"?
"jongle" is spelled J-O-N-G-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒɔ̃ɡl\.
What does "jongle" mean?
As a noun, "jongle" means: Action de jongler ; spectacle donné par cette action.
What words are commonly confused with "jongle"?
"jongle" is commonly confused with "Jorge", "jungle", "jongler". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "jongle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jongle" is \ʒɔ̃ɡl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jongle" come from?
"jongle" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list