jovialité

\ʒɔ.vja.li.te\

/\ʒɔ.vja.li.te\/ noun

The verdict

“jovialité” is uncommon French (frequency #83,073 among 957 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,073
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Humeur joviale.

Corpus desk

Index FR-jovialite · jovialité · French

jovialité · rank #83,073 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,073
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH JRS

Nearest frequency peer: JRS (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « jovialité »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « jovialité » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for jovialité
PropertyValue
Headwordjovialité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒɔ.vja.li.te\
Letters9
Frequency rank#83,073
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « jovialité » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.jovialitétombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « JRS » (#83,074), « jouira » (#83,071), « jubilee » (#83,075). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « jovialité » est au #83,073. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

jovialité is uncommon French at frequency #83,073 among 957 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒɔ.vja.li.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Humeur joviale.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for jovialité, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

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 jovialité, spelled J-O-V-I-A-L-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Humeur joviale.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il est d’une jovialité fatigante.
  2. Les économistes sont fréquemment perçus comme d’affreux rabatjoie qui veulent noyer la jovialité naturelle et l’affection mutuelle des êtres humains dans une potion indigeste de rigueur économique.

Synonyms

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); 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 "jovialité"?
"jovialité" is spelled J-O-V-I-A-L-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒɔ.vja.li.te\.
What does "jovialité" mean?
As a noun, "jovialité" means: Humeur joviale.
How do you pronounce "jovialité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jovialité" is \ʒɔ.vja.li.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list