jouissement
\ʒwis.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“jouissement” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de jouir ; état de celui ou de celle qui jouit ; jouissance.
Corpus desk
Index FR-jouissement · jouissement · French
jouissement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "J" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jouissement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒwis.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « jouissement » en français
Rare enough to double-check
jouissement is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒwis.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action de jouir ; état de celui ou de celle qui jouit ; jouissance.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for jouissement, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is jouissement, spelled J-O-U-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Action de jouir ; état de celui ou de celle qui jouit ; jouissance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how jouissement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ma douce main de maîtresse et d'amant Passe et rit sur ta chère chair en fête, Rit et jouit de ton jouissement.
Quand on n’a pas de château où prolonger ses vacances dans le doux jouissement des soirées de septembre, on va faire un petit voyage avant de reprendre la vie de la capitale.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.