joystick
\dʒɔj.stik\
The verdict
“joystick” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #45,694 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #45,694
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Manette de jeu vidéo ou d'engins roulants, composée d’un manche et de boutons.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | joystick |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dʒɔj.stik\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #45,694 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “joystick” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for joystick is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \dʒɔj.stik\. Corpus data places it at rank #45,694 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Manette de jeu vidéo ou d'engins roulants, composée d’un manche et de boutons.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for joystick, with forms such as "jjoystick", "josytick", and "joysitck". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is joystick, spelled J-O-Y-S-T-I-C-K.
Definition
- 1Manette de jeu vidéo ou d'engins roulants, composée d’un manche et de boutons.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: jjoystick,josytick,joysitck,joysstick,joystcik,joysticck,joystickk,joystikc,joysttick,joytsick,joyystick,jyostick,ojystick
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of joystick - 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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Using “joystick”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is J-O-Y-S-T-I-C-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \dʒɔj.stik\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.