jusque

\ʒysk\

/\ʒysk\/ prep

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The verdict

“jusque” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,483. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,483
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Marque un certain terme au-delà duquel on ne passe pas.

Corpus desk

Index FR-jusque · jusque · French

jusque · rank #2,483 · 8 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,483
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH Inde

Nearest frequency peer: Inde (-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 « jusque »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « jusque » 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).

jusque vs juste
67% similar
jusque vs Josué
33% similar

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

Key facts for jusque
PropertyValue
Headwordjusque
LanguageFrench
Part of speechPreposition
IPA\ʒysk\
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,483
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « jusque »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).jusquese 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 « Inde » (#2,482), « meurtre » (#2,484), « imaginer » (#2,481). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « jusque » est au #2,483. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around jusque (IPA \ʒysk\), apreposition. Corpus frequency is #2,483 among 957 “J” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for jusque, with forms such as "jjusque", "jsuque", and "juqsue". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "juste", "Josué", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is jusque, spelled J-U-S-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Marque un certain terme au-delà duquel on ne passe pas.
  2. 2
    Indique la limite spatiale de l’action.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Jusque tout récemment, le Houz seul était resté calme.
  2. Les flâneurs qui se promenaient sur la petite place du Châtelet ne venaient pas rôder jusque-là.

This word in other languages

until(English)hasta(Español)bis(Deutsch)até(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • jjusque
  • jsuque
  • juqsue
  • jusqeu
  • jusqque
  • jussque
  • jusuqe
  • ujsque

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of jusque - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

jjusque1jsuque2juqsue2jusqeu2jusqque1jussque1jusuqe2ujsque2
Edit distance from "jusque"

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 "jusque"?
"jusque" is spelled J-U-S-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒysk\.
What does "jusque" mean?
As a preposition, "jusque" means: Marque un certain terme au-delà duquel on ne passe pas.
What words are commonly confused with "jusque"?
"jusque" is commonly confused with "juste", "Josué". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "jusque"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jusque" is \ʒysk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jusque" come from?
"jusque" 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 "jusque", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

frappe#2,478former#2,476pilote#2,490repris#2,492

Similar misspelling depth

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

grève8 variantscourte8 variantsattente8 variantsaccepte8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list