jongle

/\ʒɔ̃ɡl\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#40,339

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

jongle is aFrenchnoun. It means: Action de jongler ; spectacle donné par cette action. Pronounced \ʒɔ̃ɡl\. Often confused with Jorge and jungle.

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

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for jongle is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʒɔ̃ɡl\. Corpus data places it at rank #40,339 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for jongle, with forms such as "jjongle", "jnogle", and "jognle". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Jorge", "jungle", "jongler", 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 jongle, spelled J-O-N-G-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: jjongle,jnogle,jognle,jongel,jonggle,jonglle,jonlge,jonngle,ojngle

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for jongle

Misspelling Variants of "jongle"

jjongle7jnogle6jognle6jongel6jonggle7jonglle7jonlge6jonngle7
Misspelling Variants of "jongle"

Frequency rank: #40,339 in French

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. 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.