jouait

\ʒwɛ\

/\ʒwɛ\/ verb

The verdict

“jouait” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,882. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,882
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de jouer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-jouait · jouait · French

jouait · rank #5,882 · 7 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,882
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH Jonathan

Nearest frequency peer: Jonathan (-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 « jouait »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « jouait » 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).

jouait vs joui
67% similar
jouait vs jouet
67% similar
jouait vs jouir
67% similar

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

Key facts for jouait
PropertyValue
Headwordjouait
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʒwɛ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,882
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « jouait »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Jonathan » (#5,881), « Juan » (#5,883), « Jason » (#5,880). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « jouait » est au #5,882. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around jouait (IPA \ʒwɛ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,882 among 957 “J” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de jouer.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for jouait, with forms such as "jjouait", "joauit", and "jouaitt". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "joui", "jouet", "jouir", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is jouait, spelled J-O-U-A-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de jouer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. J’avais l’interdiction formelle de lui adresser la parole pendant qu’il jouait sous prétexte que je le déconcentrais.
  2. Le long de la mer apparaissaient quelques rescifs autour desquels se jouait l’eau en leur donnant l’apparence de grandes roses blanches flottant sur l’étendue liquide et venant se poser sur le rivage.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • jjouait
  • joauit
  • jouaitt
  • jouati
  • jouiat
  • juoait
  • ojuait

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of jouait - 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.

jjouait1joauit2jouaitt1jouati2jouiat2juoait2ojuait2
Edit distance from "jouait"

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 "jouait"?
"jouait" is spelled J-O-U-A-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒwɛ\.
What does "jouait" mean?
As a verb, "jouait" means: Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de jouer.
What words are commonly confused with "jouait"?
"jouait" is commonly confused with "joui", "jouet", "jouir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "jouait"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jouait" is \ʒwɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jouait" come from?
"jouait" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "jouait", 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 (7 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list