jouons

/\ʒwɔ̃\/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#23,262

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

jouons is aFrenchverb. It means: Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de jouer. Pronounced \ʒwɔ̃\. Often confused with jours and joutes.

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

Frequency rank visualization

Position of jouons in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for jouons is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʒwɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #23,262 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for jouons, with forms such as "jjouons", "joouns", and "jounos". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "jours", "joutes", "jurons", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is jouons, spelled J-O-U-O-N-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: jjouons,joouns,jounos,jouonns,jouonss,jouosn,juoons,ojuons

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for jouons

Misspelling Variants of "jouons"

jjouons7joouns6jounos6jouonns7jouonss7jouosn6juoons6ojuons6
Misspelling Variants of "jouons"

Frequency rank: #23,262 in French

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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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.