Joyon

\ʒwa.jɔ̃\

/\ʒwa.jɔ̃\/ name

The verdict

“Joyon” is uncommon French (frequency #97,063 among 957 “J” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,063
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-joyon · Joyon · French

Joyon · rank #97,063 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #97,063
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH Jory

Nearest frequency peer: Jory (-2 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 « Joyon »

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 « Joyon » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Joyon
PropertyValue
HeadwordJoyon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ʒwa.jɔ̃\
Letters5
Frequency rank#97,063
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Joyon » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Joyontombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Jory » (#97,061), « jue » (#97,065), « joggings » (#97,060). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « Joyon » est au #97,063. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Joyon is uncommon French at frequency #97,063 among 957 “J” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ʒwa.jɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".

No misspelling variants are generated for Joyon in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Joyon, spelled J-O-Y-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Sept jours et 14 heures pour Francis Joyon en 2018 contre 32 jours pour Yves Le Cornec en 1978…

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 "Joyon"?
"Joyon" is spelled J-O-Y-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒwa.jɔ̃\.
What does "Joyon" mean?
As a proper noun, "Joyon" means: Nom de famille.
How do you pronounce "Joyon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Joyon" is \ʒwa.jɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Joyon" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list