joute

\ʒut\

/\ʒut\/ noun

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The verdict

“joute” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,569. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,569
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Combat à cheval d'homme à homme avec la lance.

Corpus desk

Index FR-joute · joute · French

joute · rank #31,569 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,569
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH journaliers

Nearest frequency peer: journaliers (-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 « joute »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « joute » 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).

joute vs juge
60% similar
joute vs juré
40% similar
joute vs jupe
60% similar

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

Key facts for joute
PropertyValue
Headwordjoute
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒut\
Letters5
Frequency rank#31,569
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « joute »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « journaliers » (#31,568), « joutes » (#31,570), « Joinville » (#31,567). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « joute » est au #31,569. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around joute (IPA \ʒut\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,569 among 957 “J” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for joute, with forms such as "jjoute", "jotue", and "joutte". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "juge", "juré", "jupe", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is joute, spelled J-O-U-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Combat à cheval d'homme à homme avec la lance.
  2. 2
    Toute espèce de combat entre deux personnes.
  3. 3
    Toute espèce de lutte ou de rivalité.
  4. 4
    Se dit de certains animaux qu'on fait combattre les uns contre les autres.
  5. 5
    Compétition de chant, de danse, de slam ou d’art oratoire arbitrée par un jury.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Une joute à lances brisées, à fer émoulu.
  2. Les joutes étaient des combats d'occasion qui se faisaient le plus souvent sans dresser des lices, en étendant des cordes qu'on nommait estachettes.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • jjoute
  • jotue
  • joutte
  • juote
  • ojute

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of joute - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

jjoute1jotue2joutte1juote2ojute2
Edit distance from "joute"

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 "joute"?
"joute" is spelled J-O-U-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒut\.
What does "joute" mean?
As a noun, "joute" means: Combat à cheval d'homme à homme avec la lance.
What words are commonly confused with "joute"?
"joute" is commonly confused with "juge", "juré", "jupe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "joute"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "joute" is \ʒut\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "joute" come from?
"joute" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Irish#31,562lebel#31,577Indie#31,549hours#31,541

Similar misspelling depth

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

kaki5 variantsliasse5 variantsludo5 variantsIdol5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list