jouxter

\ʒuks.te\

/\ʒuks.te\/ verb

The verdict

“jouxter” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Être proche de.

Corpus desk

Index FR-jouxter · jouxter · French

jouxter · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 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.

Key facts for jouxter
PropertyValue
Headwordjouxter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʒuks.te\
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « jouxter » en français

jouxterreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

jouxter is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ʒuks.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Être proche de.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for jouxter, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is jouxter, spelled J-O-U-X-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Être proche de.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ce champ jouxtant celui de tel propriétaire.
  2. L'hôtel des Cultivateurs jouxtait cette place.

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "jouxter"?
"jouxter" is spelled J-O-U-X-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒuks.te\.
What does "jouxter" mean?
As a verb, "jouxter" means: Être proche de.
How do you pronounce "jouxter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jouxter" is \ʒuks.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jouxter" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list