jouant

/\ʒwɑ̃\/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,670

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

jouant is aFrenchverb. It means: Participe présent de jouer. Pronounced \ʒwɑ̃\. It ranks #5,670 in French word frequency. Often confused with Juan and jouet.

Key facts for jouant
PropertyValue
Headwordjouant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʒwɑ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,670
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for jouant is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʒwɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #5,670 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Participe présent de jouer.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for jouant, with forms such as "jjouant", "joaunt", and "jouannt". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "Juan", "jouet", "jouit", 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 jouant, spelled J-O-U-A-N-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe présent de jouer.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: jjouant,joaunt,jouannt,jouantt,jouatn,jounat,juoant,ojuant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for jouant

Misspelling Variants of "jouant"

jjouant7joaunt6jouannt7jouantt7jouatn6jounat6juoant6ojuant6
Misspelling Variants of "jouant"

Frequency rank: #5,670 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "jouant"?
"jouant" is spelled J-O-U-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒwɑ̃\.
What does "jouant" mean?
As a verb, "jouant" means: Participe présent de jouer.
What words are commonly confused with "jouant"?
"jouant" is commonly confused with "Juan", "jouet", "jouit". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "jouant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jouant" is \ʒwɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jouant" come from?
"jouant" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Nearby French words

Other entries that begin with the letter J in our French index:

Explore PlainSpell

Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.