joug

\ʒu\

/\ʒu\/ noun

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The verdict

“joug” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,570. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,570
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pièce de bois que l’on pose sur l’échine des bœufs ou autres animaux de trait et avec laquelle ils sont attelés pour tirer un chariot ou une charrue.

Corpus desk

Index FR-joug · joug · French

joug · rank #19,570 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,570
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH invalidité

Nearest frequency peer: invalidité (-2 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 « joug »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « joug » 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).

joug vs ju
50% similar
joug vs jus
50% similar
joug vs joy
50% similar

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

Key facts for joug
PropertyValue
Headwordjoug
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒu\
Letters4
Frequency rank#19,570
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « joug »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).jougse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « invalidité » (#19,568), « Kenneth » (#19,572), « kiki » (#19,573). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « joug » est au #19,570. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around joug (IPA \ʒu\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,570 among 957 “J” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for joug, with forms such as "jjoug", "jogu", and "jougg". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ju", "jus", "joy", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is joug, spelled J-O-U-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pièce de bois que l’on pose sur l’échine des bœufs ou autres animaux de trait et avec laquelle ils sont attelés pour tirer un chariot ou une charrue.
  2. 2
    Élément en unissant deux autres.
  3. 3
    Pièce de bois qui supporte une cloche.
  4. 4
    Portique improvisé à l’aide de trois lances, sous lequel les vainqueurs obligeaient les vaincus à se courber.
  5. 5
    Servitude, soumission totale, asservissement résultant d’une défaite. Sujétion, servilité, obéissance aveugle.
  6. 6
    Pièce de bois qui supporte l’extrémité des apostis.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. D’après M. Gourdon les bœufs du Midi qui travaillent au joug ont les muscles du cou bien plus développés que les grands animaux du Nord qui font leur service au collier.
  2. Il enviait les paysans qui marchent en tête des attelages, le dos sur le joug, et que les bœufs semblent pousser.

This word in other languages

yoke(English)yugo(Español)Joch(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • jjoug
  • jogu
  • jougg
  • juog
  • ojug

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of joug - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

jjoug1jogu2jougg1juog2ojug2
Edit distance from "joug"

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 "joug"?
"joug" is spelled J-O-U-G. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒu\.
What does "joug" mean?
As a noun, "joug" means: Pièce de bois que l’on pose sur l’échine des bœufs ou autres animaux de trait et avec laquelle ils sont attelés pour tirer un chariot ou une charrue.
What words are commonly confused with "joug"?
"joug" is commonly confused with "ju", "jus", "joy". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "joug"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "joug" is \ʒu\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "joug" come from?
"joug" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

kiki#19,573left#19,581meet#19,597mill#19,602

Similar misspelling depth

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

mourra5 variantspuma5 variantsBert5 variantsyuan5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list