jouèrent

\ʒwɛʁ\

/\ʒwɛʁ\/ verb

The verdict

“jouèrent” is uncommon French (frequency #52,778 among 957 “J” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,778
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de jouer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-jouerent · jouèrent · French

jouèrent · rank #52,778 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,778
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH Josep

Nearest frequency peer: Josep (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « jouèrent »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « jouèrent » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for jouèrent
PropertyValue
Headwordjouèrent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʒwɛʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#52,778
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « jouèrent » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).jouèrenttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Josep » (#52,777), « Kendra » (#52,779), « jock » (#52,776). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « jouèrent » est au #52,778. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

jouèrent is uncommon French at frequency #52,778 among 957 “J” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʒwɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de jouer.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for jouèrent in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is jouèrent, spelled J-O-U-È-R-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de jouer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. De leur côté, Louis VII et son fils, Philippe Auguste (1180-1223), jouèrent la carte de la déstabilisation, en intervenant dans les comtés d'Auvergne et de Toulouse, ou en soutenant la révolte de Jean et Richard contre leur père Henri II.

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 "jouèrent"?
"jouèrent" is spelled J-O-U-È-R-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒwɛʁ\.
What does "jouèrent" mean?
As a verb, "jouèrent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de jouer.
How do you pronounce "jouèrent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jouèrent" is \ʒwɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jouèrent" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "jouèrent", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list