Jouy

\ʒwi\

/\ʒwi\/ name

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The verdict

“Jouy” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,591. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,591
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département d’Eure-et-Loir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-jouy · Jouy · French

Jouy · rank #34,591 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,591
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH jouissant

Nearest frequency peer: jouissant (-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 « Jouy »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Jouy » 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).

Jouy vs ju
25% similar
Jouy vs jus
25% similar
Jouy vs joy
50% similar

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

Key facts for Jouy
PropertyValue
HeadwordJouy
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ʒwi\
Letters4
Frequency rank#34,591
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Jouy »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Jouyse 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 « jouissant » (#34,590), « juridictionnelle » (#34,592), « Lachine » (#34,594). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « Jouy » est au #34,591. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around Jouy (IPA \ʒwi\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #34,591 among 957 “J” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Jouy, with forms such as "jjouy", "jouyy", and "joyu". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ju", "jus", "joy", 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 its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Jouy, spelled J-O-U-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune française, située dans le département d’Eure-et-Loir.
  2. 2
    Commune française, située dans le département de l’Yonne.
  3. 3
    Village et ancienne commune française, située dans le département de l’Aisne intégrée dans la commune de Aizy-Jouy.
  4. 4
    autre nom de Jouy-en-Josas.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il y avait lieu, en effet, de se tenir sur ses gardes : un jour on trouva entre les mains de quelques individus suspects des lettres contraires au Roi, à la Reine sa mère, et à la religion, et on s’empressa d’emprisonner les porteurs dans la Tour, au pain et à l’eau ; le lendemain, le bruit courant que des amas de gens de guerre se formaient à Saint-Piat,…
  2. Pourtant, il se renseigne ! ne ménage pas sa peine ! Il n’existe pas dans le pays, de Bransles à Jouy, d’Egreville à Rosoy-le-Vieil ou Bazoches, d’homme plus averti, renseigné.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • jjouy
  • jouyy
  • joyu
  • juoy
  • ojuy

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

jjouy1jouyy1joyu2juoy2ojuy2
Edit distance from "Jouy"

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 "Jouy"?
"Jouy" is spelled J-O-U-Y. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒwi\.
What does "Jouy" mean?
As a proper noun, "Jouy" means: Commune française, située dans le département d’Eure-et-Loir.
What words are commonly confused with "Jouy"?
"Jouy" is commonly confused with "ju", "jus", "joy". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Jouy"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Jouy" is \ʒwi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Jouy" come from?
"Jouy" 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 "Jouy", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

loki#34,600lose#34,601hung#34,563oder#34,643

Similar misspelling depth

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

ouch5 variantsrana5 variantsseal5 variantsshui5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list