jouons

\ʒwɔ̃\

/\ʒwɔ̃\/ verb

The verdict

“jouons” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,262. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,262
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-jouons · jouons · French

jouons · rank #23,262 · 8 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,262
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH Jessie

Nearest frequency peer: Jessie (-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 « jouons »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « jouons » 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).

jouons vs jours
67% similar
jouons vs joutes
67% similar
jouons vs jurons
67% similar

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

Key facts for jouons
PropertyValue
Headwordjouons
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʒwɔ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#23,262
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « jouons »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.jouonsse 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 « Jessie » (#23,261), « justifiées » (#23,263), « JDD » (#23,260). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « jouons » est au #23,262. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around jouons (IPA \ʒwɔ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #23,262 among 957 “J” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for jouons, with forms such as "jjouons", "joouns", and "jounos". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "jours", "joutes", "jurons", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is jouons, spelled J-O-U-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de jouer.
  2. 2
    Première personne du pluriel de l’impératif de jouer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. « Au goalball, ou oublie le handicap derrière le masque. C’est une expérience unique et impressionnante pour les spectateurs, car ils doivent garder le silence lorsque nous jouons », rappelle Gwendoline Matos, membre de l’équipe de France.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • jjouons
  • joouns
  • jounos
  • jouonns
  • jouonss
  • jouosn
  • juoons
  • ojuons

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

jjouons1joouns2jounos2jouonns1jouonss1jouosn2juoons2ojuons2
Edit distance from "jouons"

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 "jouons"?
"jouons" is spelled J-O-U-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒwɔ̃\.
What does "jouons" mean?
As a verb, "jouons" means: Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de jouer.
What words are commonly confused with "jouons"?
"jouons" is commonly confused with "jours", "joutes", "jurons". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "jouons"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jouons" is \ʒwɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jouons" come from?
"jouons" 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 "jouons", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list