Which to use
“jaunes” is an adjective and “jouées” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,776
- “jaunes” frequency rank
- #26,072
- “jouées” frequency rank
- 31848
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | jaunes | jouées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de jaune. | Pluriel de jouée. |
Where the eye mixes jaunes and jouées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. jaunes (CVVCVC) and jouées (CVVVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: jaunes vs jouées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: jaunes is \ʒon\ while jouées is \ʒwe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31848, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
jaunes is recorded at frequency rank #5,776, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʒon\. jouées is at rank #26,072, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʒwe\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 31848, this pair ranks #301,166 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of jaunes vs jouées
Shared letters: ejsu. Private to "jaunes": an. Private to "jouées": oé.
"jaunes" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "jouées" · 6 letters · shape CVVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- jaunes ← ajunes · janues · jauens · jauness · jaunnes · jaunse · jjaunes · juanes
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "jaunes" for "jouées" ever safe?
Which is more common, "jaunes" or "jouées"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "jaunes" and "jouées" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "jaunes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "jouées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #301,166 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "jaunes" and "jouées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "jouées vs jouis". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #301,166 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.