juifs

\ʒɥif\

/\ʒɥif\/ adj

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The verdict

“juifs” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,923. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,923
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de juif.

Corpus desk

Index FR-juifs · juifs · French

juifs · rank #1,923 · 7 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,923
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH journalistes

Nearest frequency peer: journalistes (-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 « juifs »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « juifs » 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).

juifs vs jus
60% similar
juifs vs juin
60% similar
juifs vs juil
60% similar

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

Key facts for juifs
PropertyValue
Headwordjuifs
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʒɥif\
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,923
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « juifs »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.juifsse 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 « journalistes » (#1,922), « mille » (#1,924), « issue » (#1,921). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « juifs » est au #1,923. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around juifs (IPA \ʒɥif\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,923 among 957 “J” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de juif.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for juifs, with forms such as "jiufs", "jjuifs", and "jufis". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "jus", "juin", "juil", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 juifs, spelled J-U-I-F-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de juif.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La cohabitation était assez harmonieuse mais les deux communautés menaient des vies distinctes. Les enfants juifs fréquentaient l’école du kheider, les enfants catholiques l’école de leur église.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • jiufs
  • jjuifs
  • jufis
  • juiffs
  • juifss
  • juisf
  • ujifs

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

jiufs2jjuifs1jufis2juiffs1juifss1juisf2ujifs2
Edit distance from "juifs"

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

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

Same letter count

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

mille#1,924issue#1,921fiche#1,917plans#1,929

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

quels7 variantsrepas7 variantscroix7 variantscrime7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list