jouent

\ʒu\

/\ʒu\/ verb

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The verdict

“jouent” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,269. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,269
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-jouent · jouent · French

jouent · rank #3,269 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,269
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH innovation

Nearest frequency peer: innovation (-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 « jouent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « jouent » 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).

jouent vs jouer
67% similar
jouent vs joues
67% similar
jouent vs jouez
67% similar

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

Key facts for jouent
PropertyValue
Headwordjouent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʒu\
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,269
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « jouent »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).jouentse 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 « innovation » (#3,268), « littéraire » (#3,270), « inconnu » (#3,267). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « jouent » est au #3,269. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around jouent (IPA \ʒu\), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,269 among 957 “J” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for jouent, with forms such as "jjouent", "joeunt", and "jouennt". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "jouer", "joues", "jouez", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is jouent, spelled J-O-U-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de jouer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de jouer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Or, dans la pensée chrétienne, plusieurs serpent jouent un rôle de grande importance.
  2. C’est dans sa tête que les cartes se jouent, que les dés roulent, que les neurones puceronnent.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • jjouent
  • joeunt
  • jouennt
  • jouentt
  • jouetn
  • jounet
  • juoent
  • ojuent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

jjouent1joeunt2jouennt1jouentt1jouetn2jounet2juoent2ojuent2
Edit distance from "jouent"

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 "jouent"?
"jouent" is spelled J-O-U-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒu\.
What does "jouent" mean?
As a verb, "jouent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de jouer.
What words are commonly confused with "jouent"?
"jouent" is commonly confused with "jouer", "joues", "jouez". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "jouent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jouent" is \ʒu\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jouent" come from?
"jouent" 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 "jouent", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

humeur#3,265romain#3,289tourné#3,300adulte#3,234

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

longs8 variantsinconnu8 variantsfondé8 variantsécart8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list