jouisse

\ʒwis\

/\ʒwis\/ verb

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The verdict

“jouisse” is uncommon French (frequency #81,282 among 957 “J” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,282
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-jouisse · jouisse · French

jouisse · rank #81,282 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,282
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH jonque

Nearest frequency peer: jonque (-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 « jouisse »

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 « jouisse » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for jouisse
PropertyValue
Headwordjouisse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʒwis\
Letters7
Frequency rank#81,282
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « jouisse » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.jouissetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « jonque » (#81,281), « judicieuses » (#81,283), « joignait » (#81,280). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « jouisse » est au #81,282. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

jouisse is uncommon French at frequency #81,282 among 957 “J” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʒwis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

jouisse doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is jouisse, spelled J-O-U-I-S-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de jouir.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de jouir.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait du subjonctif de jouir.

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 "jouisse"?
"jouisse" is spelled J-O-U-I-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒwis\.
What does "jouisse" mean?
As a verb, "jouisse" means: Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de jouir.
How do you pronounce "jouisse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jouisse" is \ʒwis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jouisse" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Kananga#81,291integre#81,266Kouassi#81,298labiale#81,303

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list