jongle
\ʒɔ̃ɡl\
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
- invivable
invivable
59,666 corpus weight
- Jacquot
Jacquot
59,664 corpus weight
- jongle
jongle
59,662 corpus weight
- judicieuse
judicieuse
59,661 corpus weight
- Kessel
Kessel
59,660 corpus weight
- kilogramme
kilogramme
59,658 corpus weight
What this shows « jongle » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | jongle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒɔ̃ɡl\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #40,339 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « jongle »
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
- 1Action de jongler ; spectacle donné par cette action.
- 2Chacun 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 examplesThese source excerpts show how jongle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
L’autostoppeur a marché vers lui, reçu la balle, fait trois jongles avant de la lui rendre.
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.
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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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).