jupon

\ʒy.pɔ̃\

/\ʒy.pɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“jupon” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,366. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,366
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de jupe de dessous.

Corpus desk

Index FR-jupon · jupon · French

jupon · rank #41,366 · 7 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,366
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH Juvisy

Nearest frequency peer: Juvisy (+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 « jupon »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « jupon » 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).

jupon vs Juppé
40% similar
jupon vs jurons
67% similar
jupon vs jupons
83% similar

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

Key facts for jupon
PropertyValue
Headwordjupon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒy.pɔ̃\
Letters5
Frequency rank#41,366
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « jupon »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.juponse 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 « Juvisy » (#41,367), « kazakh » (#41,368), « jovial » (#41,363). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « jupon » est au #41,366. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around jupon (IPA \ʒy.pɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,366 among 957 “J” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Sorte de jupe de dessous.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for jupon, with forms such as "jjupon", "jpuon", and "juopn". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "Juppé", "jurons", "jupons", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is jupon, spelled J-U-P-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sorte de jupe de dessous.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mais l’enfant, de plus en plus épeuré, s’était caché dans les jupons de la femme, […].
  2. L’abbaye, dit-on, doit son origine à une comtesse Cuniga, une sorte de Barbe-Bleue en jupons, qui avait empoisonné ses sept maris et terrifiait toute la contrée par ses crimes.

This word in other languages

slip(English)Unterrock(Deutsch)anágua(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • jjupon
  • jpuon
  • juopn
  • jupno
  • juponn
  • juppon
  • ujpon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

jjupon1jpuon2juopn2jupno2juponn1juppon1ujpon2
Edit distance from "jupon"

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 "jupon"?
"jupon" is spelled J-U-P-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒy.pɔ̃\.
What does "jupon" mean?
As a noun, "jupon" means: Sorte de jupe de dessous.
What words are commonly confused with "jupon"?
"jupon" is commonly confused with "Juppé", "jurons", "jupons". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "jupon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jupon" is \ʒy.pɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jupon" come from?
"jupon" 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 "jupon", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

jelly#41,360Lemay#41,384lumia#41,393Magda#41,395

Similar misspelling depth

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

huées7 variantsmeans7 variantspairie7 variantsPessac7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list