juives

\ʒɥiv\

/\ʒɥiv\/ adj

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The verdict

“juives” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,415. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,415
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-juives · juives · French

juives · rank #13,415 · 8 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,415
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH jong

Nearest frequency peer: jong (-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 « juives »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « juives » 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).

juives vs jules
67% similar
juives vs jupes
67% similar
juives vs justes
67% similar

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

Key facts for juives
PropertyValue
Headwordjuives
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʒɥiv\
Letters6
Frequency rank#13,415
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « juives »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.juivesse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « jong » (#13,414), « latérale » (#13,416), « jonction » (#13,413). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « juives » est au #13,415. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around juives (IPA \ʒɥiv\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #13,415 among 957 “J” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de juif.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for juives, with forms such as "jiuves", "jjuives", and "juievs". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "jules", "jupes", "justes", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is juives, spelled J-U-I-V-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de juif.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ce village est un amas confus de masures en bois ou en pisé, sales et délabrées, habitées par un peuple de prostituées négresses, bédouines, mauresques, juives et maltaises, vivant là, entassées pêle-mêle avec toutes sortes d’individus plus ou moins suspects, souteneurs et repris de justice pour la plupart.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • jiuves
  • jjuives
  • juievs
  • juivess
  • juivse
  • juivves
  • juvies
  • ujives

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

jiuves2jjuives1juievs2juivess1juivse2juivves1juvies2ujives2
Edit distance from "juives"

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 "juives"?
"juives" is spelled J-U-I-V-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒɥiv\.
What does "juives" mean?
As an adjective, "juives" means: Féminin pluriel de juif.
What words are commonly confused with "juives"?
"juives" is commonly confused with "jules", "jupes", "justes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "juives"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "juives" is \ʒɥiv\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "juives" come from?
"juives" 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 "juives", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mangez#13,424mentor#13,426Holmes#13,402mordre#13,429

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

oignon8 variantsessayes8 variantsennuyer8 variantsenfuit8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list