jouis

\ʒwi\

/\ʒwi\/ verb

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The verdict

“jouis” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,019. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,019
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de jouir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-jouis · jouis · French

jouis · rank #36,019 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,019
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH jumbo

Nearest frequency peer: jumbo (+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 « jouis »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « jouis » 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).

jouis vs jus
60% similar
jouis vs jour
60% similar
jouis vs juin
60% similar

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

Key facts for jouis
PropertyValue
Headwordjouis
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʒwi\
Letters5
Frequency rank#36,019
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « jouis »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).jouisse 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 « jumbo » (#36,020), « justificatifs » (#36,021), « Karachi » (#36,022). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « jouis » est au #36,019. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around jouis (IPA \ʒwi\), averb. Corpus frequency is #36,019 among 957 “J” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for jouis, with forms such as "jjouis", "joius", and "jouiss". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "jus", "jour", "juin", 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 best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is jouis, spelled J-O-U-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de jouir.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de jouir.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du passé simple de jouir.
  4. 4
    Deuxième personne du singulier du passé simple de jouir.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de jouir.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • jjouis
  • joius
  • jouiss
  • jousi
  • juois
  • ojuis

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of jouis - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

jjouis1joius2jouiss1jousi2juois2ojuis2
Edit distance from "jouis"

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 "jouis"?
"jouis" is spelled J-O-U-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒwi\.
What does "jouis" mean?
As a verb, "jouis" means: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de jouir.
What words are commonly confused with "jouis"?
"jouis" is commonly confused with "jus", "jour", "juin". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "jouis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jouis" is \ʒwi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jouis" come from?
"jouis" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

jumbo#36,020lirai#36,031liszt#36,032marde#36,043

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Kern6 variantsloch6 variantsLons6 variantslund6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list