Joyce

name

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The verdict

“Joyce” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,660. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,660
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin ou féminin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-joyce · Joyce · French

Joyce · rank #16,660 · 7 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,660
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH jetant

Nearest frequency peer: jetant (-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 « Joyce »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Joyce » 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).

Joyce vs juice
40% similar
Joyce vs Joe
60% similar
Joyce vs joy
40% similar

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

Key facts for Joyce
PropertyValue
HeadwordJoyce
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters5
Frequency rank#16,660
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Joyce »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Joycese 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 « jetant » (#16,659), « jugeant » (#16,661), « Isis » (#16,658). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « Joyce » est au #16,660. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Joyce, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #16,660 among 957 “J” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom masculin ou féminin.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Joyce, with forms such as "jjoyce", "jocye", and "joycce". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "juice", "Joe", "joy", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Joyce, spelled J-O-Y-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom masculin ou féminin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Totalement crédible en Marylin Monroe, elle pourrait même décrocher un Oscar pour sa performance dans cette adaptation du best-seller de Joyce Caroll Oates.
  2. Bien accompagnée par des musiciens talentueux dont l’harmoniciste inspiré, Vincent Bucher, Joyce Tape a chanté, dansé au rythme du blues.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • jjoyce
  • jocye
  • joycce
  • joyec
  • joyyce
  • jyoce
  • ojyce

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Joyce - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

jjoyce1jocye2joycce1joyec2joyyce1jyoce2ojyce2
Edit distance from "Joyce"

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 "Joyce"?
"Joyce" is spelled J-O-Y-C-E.
What does "Joyce" mean?
As a proper noun, "Joyce" means: Prénom masculin ou féminin.
What words are commonly confused with "Joyce"?
"Joyce" is commonly confused with "juice", "Joe", "joy". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Joyce" come from?
"Joyce" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

jugez#16,662jupes#16,663horde#16,642Niort#16,686

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

nettoie7 variantsopaque7 variantspacha7 variantsparme7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list