jouissant

\ʒwi.sɑ̃\

/\ʒwi.sɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“jouissant” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,590. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,590
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui jouit de quelque chose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-jouissant · jouissant · French

jouissant · rank #34,590 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,590
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH Jouy

Nearest frequency peer: Jouy (+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 « jouissant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « jouissant » 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).

jouissant vs jouissent
89% similar
jouissant vs jouissait
89% similar
jouissant vs jouissance
80% similar

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

Key facts for jouissant
PropertyValue
Headwordjouissant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʒwi.sɑ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#34,590
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « jouissant »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).jouissantse 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 « Jouy » (#34,591), « juridictionnelle » (#34,592), « Ixelles » (#34,587). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « jouissant » est au #34,590. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around jouissant (IPA \ʒwi.sɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #34,590 among 957 “J” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui jouit de quelque chose.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for jouissant, with forms such as "jjouissant", "joiussant", and "jouisant". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "jouissent", "jouissait", "jouissance", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is jouissant, spelled J-O-U-I-S-S-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui jouit de quelque chose.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Majeur usant et jouissant de ses droits.
  2. Fille usante et jouissante de ses droits.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • jjouissant
  • joiussant
  • jouisant
  • jouisasnt
  • jouissannt
  • jouissantt
  • jouissatn
  • jouissnat
  • jousisant
  • juoissant
  • ojuissant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

jjouissant1joiussant2jouisant1jouisasnt2jouissannt1jouissantt1jouissatn2jouissnat2
Edit distance from "jouissant"

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 "jouissant"?
"jouissant" is spelled J-O-U-I-S-S-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒwi.sɑ̃\.
What does "jouissant" mean?
As an adjective, "jouissant" means: Qui jouit de quelque chose.
What words are commonly confused with "jouissant"?
"jouissant" is commonly confused with "jouissent", "jouissait", "jouissance". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "jouissant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jouissant" is \ʒwi.sɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jouissant" come from?
"jouissant" 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 "jouissant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

indignité#34,575mammifère#34,611illettrés#34,565maternels#34,621

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

ingérer11 variantsimposera11 variantsMaradona11 variantsmarrants11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list