joyau
\ʒwa.jo\
The verdict
“joyau” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,597. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,597
- frequency rank, French
- 957
- “J” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ornement précieux d’or, d’argent, de pierreries, qui sert à la parure, comme les bracelets, les pendants d’oreilles, etc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-joyau · joyau · French
joyau · rank #22,597 · 6 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,597
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 957
- PHOTO-FINISH javel
Nearest frequency peer: javel (-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 « joyau »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Ivry
Ivry
77,407 corpus weight
- jacuzzi
jacuzzi
77,406 corpus weight
- javel
javel
77,405 corpus weight
- joyau
joyau
77,404 corpus weight
- Kabylie
Kabylie
77,403 corpus weight
- kits
kits
77,401 corpus weight
What this shows « joyau » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | joyau |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒwa.jo\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #22,597 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « joyau »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around joyau (IPA \ʒwa.jo\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,597 among 957 “J” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for joyau, with forms such as "jjoyau", "joayu", and "joyua". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "Joyce", "joyeux", "joyaux", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is joyau, spelled J-O-Y-A-U.
Definition
- 1Ornement précieux d’or, d’argent, de pierreries, qui sert à la parure, comme les bracelets, les pendants d’oreilles, etc.
- 2Objet précieux, d'une grande valeur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how joyau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Outre le gros anneau abbatial d’or qui indiquait sa dignité cléricale, ses doigts, contrairement aux canons de l’Église, étaient chargés de joyaux précieux.
Avez-vous remarqué, my love, que les beaux joyaux ont un air de magnifique cruauté ?
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- jjoyau
- joayu
- joyua
- joyyau
- jyoau
- ojyau
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of joyau - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).