juif

\ʒɥif\

/\ʒɥif\/ adj

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The verdict

“juif” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,540. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,540
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif au royaume de Juda.

Corpus desk

Index FR-juif · juif · French

juif · rank #3,540 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,540
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH gris

Nearest frequency peer: gris (-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 « juif »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « juif » 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).

juif vs jus
50% similar
juif vs jul
50% similar
juif vs juin
75% similar

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

Key facts for juif
PropertyValue
Headwordjuif
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʒɥif\
Letters4
Frequency rank#3,540
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « juif »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).juifse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « gris » (#3,539), « lecteur » (#3,541), « fusion » (#3,538). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « juif » est au #3,540. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around juif (IPA \ʒɥif\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,540 among 957 “J” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for juif, with forms such as "jiuf", "jjuif", and "jufi". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "jus", "jul", "juin", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is juif, spelled J-U-I-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif au royaume de Juda.
  2. 2
    Relatif au peuple hébreu, à sa culture.
  3. 3
    Relatif au judaïsme.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Après la mort du roi Salomon, un schisme a divisé le peuple d’Israël (…). Le petit royaume du Sud, dont le rayonnement dépasse l’importance géographique, est appelé « Royaume de Juda » (…) tous ses ressortissants seront des yehoudim − des « juifs ».
  2. La transcription de ce mot [yehoudim] en Ioudaioi, Judaei, judéens ou juifs, prévaudra sur hébreux et israélites.

Synonyms

judéenhébreuisraélitemosaïque

Antonyms

goy

This word in other languages

Jewish(English)judío(Español)jüdisch(Deutsch)judaico(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • jiuf
  • jjuif
  • jufi
  • juiff
  • ujif

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

jiuf2jjuif1jufi2juiff1ujif2
Edit distance from "juif"

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 "juif"?
"juif" is spelled J-U-I-F. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒɥif\.
What does "juif" mean?
As an adjective, "juif" means: Relatif au royaume de Juda.
What words are commonly confused with "juif"?
"juif" is commonly confused with "jus", "jul", "juin". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "juif"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "juif" is \ʒɥif\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "juif" come from?
"juif" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

gris#3,539free#3,537dise#3,530SNCF#3,569

Similar misspelling depth

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

adam5 variantsliée5 variantsmagie5 variantsopen5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list