joyeux

\ʒwa.jø\

/\ʒwa.jø\/ adj

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The verdict

“joyeux” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,621. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,621
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a de la joie ; qui est rempli de joie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-joyeux · joyeux · French

joyeux · rank #3,621 · 8 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,621
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH investir

Nearest frequency peer: investir (-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 « joyeux »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « joyeux » 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).

joyeux vs juteux
67% similar
joyeux vs jeux
67% similar
joyeux vs joyau
67% similar

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

Key facts for joyeux
PropertyValue
Headwordjoyeux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʒwa.jø\
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,621
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « joyeux »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.joyeuxse 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 « investir » (#3,620), « magie » (#3,622), « intéressante » (#3,619). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « joyeux » est au #3,621. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around joyeux (IPA \ʒwa.jø\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,621 among 957 “J” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for joyeux, with forms such as "jjoyeux", "joeyux", and "joyeuxx". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "juteux", "jeux", "joyau", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is joyeux, spelled J-O-Y-E-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a de la joie ; qui est rempli de joie.
  2. 2
    Qui exprime la joie.
  3. 3
    Qui donne, qui inspire de la joie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Si je pensais que le souverain bien fût la joie, je ne douterais point qu'on ne dût tâcher de se rendre joyeux, à quelque prix que ce pût être, et j'approuverais la brutalité de ceux qui noient leurs déplaisirs dans le vin, ou les étourdissent avec du pétun.
  2. Les repas redevinrent joyeux, d'autant plus que les provisions ne manquaient pas, et que le programme nouveau n'en prescrivait pas l'économie. Au contraire.

Synonyms

béatcomblécontentenchantéépanouigaiheureuxbienheureuxraviréjouisatisfait

Antonyms

dépitédésenchantémalheureuxtriste

This word in other languages

glad(English)alegre(Español)froh(Deutsch)contente(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • jjoyeux
  • joeyux
  • joyeuxx
  • joyexu
  • joyuex
  • joyyeux
  • jyoeux
  • ojyeux

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of joyeux - 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.

jjoyeux1joeyux2joyeuxx1joyexu2joyuex2joyyeux1jyoeux2ojyeux2
Edit distance from "joyeux"

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 "joyeux"?
"joyeux" is spelled J-O-Y-E-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒwa.jø\.
What does "joyeux" mean?
As an adjective, "joyeux" means: Qui a de la joie ; qui est rempli de joie.
What words are commonly confused with "joyeux"?
"joyeux" is commonly confused with "juteux", "jeux", "joyau". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "joyeux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "joyeux" is \ʒwa.jø\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "joyeux" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fondée#3,612pleins#3,632Design#3,604rempli#3,639

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

guerres8 variantssuivez8 variantscensé8 variantsAlbert8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list