joystick
\dʒɔj.stik\
The verdict
“joystick” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,694. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #45,694
- frequency rank, French
- 957
- “J” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Manette de jeu vidéo ou d'engins roulants, composée d’un manche et de boutons.
Corpus desk
Index FR-joystick · joystick · French
joystick · rank #45,694 · 13 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #45,694
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 957
- PHOTO-FINISH jarret
Nearest frequency peer: jarret (-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 « joystick »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- jalon
jalon
54,310 corpus weight
- jalonnent
jalonnent
54,309 corpus weight
- jarret
jarret
54,308 corpus weight
- joystick
joystick
54,307 corpus weight
- judge
judge
54,306 corpus weight
- keystone
keystone
54,304 corpus weight
What this shows « joystick » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
| 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) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « joystick »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around joystick (IPA \dʒɔj.stik\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,694 among 957 “J” headwords. Dominant gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how joystick appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Morphine et midazolam. Des tuyaux qui vont des poches au ventre de mon père. Sous-cutané. Il y a des poignées comme des joysticks pour balancer des doses en plus qu’on appelle des bolus. Bolus, mot nouveau. Un bolus autorisé toutes les trois heures. Un bolus de sédatif et un bolus de morphine. Je touche l’écran des pompes, je contrôle, je mets mes mains s…
De série, le tracteur reçoit un joystick multifonction, un tableau de bord digital de 10 pouces ainsi qu’un terminal de 12 pouces dans le toit. En option, le joystick 3L peut compléter l’équipement.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).