jouissent

\ʒwis\

/\ʒwis\/ verb

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The verdict

“jouissent” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,979. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,979
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-jouissent · jouissent · French

jouissent · rank #21,979 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,979
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH Johann

Nearest frequency peer: Johann (-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 « jouissent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « jouissent » 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).

jouissent vs jouissant
89% similar
jouissent vs jouissait
78% similar

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

Key facts for jouissent
PropertyValue
Headwordjouissent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʒwis\
Letters9
Frequency rank#21,979
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « jouissent »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).jouissentse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Johann » (#21,978), « joyeuses » (#21,980), « Kaboul » (#21,981). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « jouissent » est au #21,979. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around jouissent (IPA \ʒwis\), averb. Corpus frequency is #21,979 among 957 “J” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for jouissent, with forms such as "jjouissent", "joiussent", and "jouisent". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "jouissant", "jouissait", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is jouissent, spelled J-O-U-I-S-S-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de jouir.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif imparfait de jouir.
  3. 3
    Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif présent de jouir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le documentaire de sept épisodes signé Eric Goode et Rebecca Chaiklin plonge dans l’univers des propriétaires de félins qui jouissent, assez étrangement, d’un véritable culte de la personnalité.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • jjouissent
  • joiussent
  • jouisent
  • jouisesnt
  • jouissennt
  • jouissentt
  • jouissetn
  • jouissnet
  • jousisent
  • juoissent
  • ojuissent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

jjouissent1joiussent2jouisent1jouisesnt2jouissennt1jouissentt1jouissetn2jouissnet2
Edit distance from "jouissent"

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 "jouissent"?
"jouissent" is spelled J-O-U-I-S-S-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒwis\.
What does "jouissent" mean?
As a verb, "jouissent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de jouir.
What words are commonly confused with "jouissent"?
"jouissent" is commonly confused with "jouissant", "jouissait". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "jouissent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jouissent" is \ʒwis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jouissent" come from?
"jouissent" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list