Which to use
“jetée” and “jeton” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,823
- “jetée” frequency rank
- #32,871
- “jeton” frequency rank
- 46694
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | jetée | jeton |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Amas de pierres, de cailloux et d’autres matériaux jetés à côté du canal qui forme l’entrée d’un port, fortement maçonnés et ordinairement soutenus de pilotis, pour servir à rompre l’impétuosité des vagues. | Pièce de métal, d’ivoire, etc., plate et ordinairement ronde, dont on se servait autrefois pour calculer des sommes, et dont on se sert encore pour marquer et payer au jeu. |
Where the eye mixes jetée and jeton
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. jetée (CVCVV) and jeton (CVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: jetée vs jeton
A purely visual mix-up. jetée (\ʒə.te\) and jeton (\ʒə.tɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46694, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
jetée is recorded at frequency rank #13,823, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʒə.te\. jeton is at rank #32,871, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʒə.tɔ̃\.
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 46694, this pair ranks #192,876 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of jetée vs jeton
Shared letters: ejt. Private to "jetée": é. Private to "jeton": no.
"jetée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "jeton" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- jeton ← ejton · jeotn · jetno · jetonn · jetton · jjeton · jteon
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "jetée" for "jeton" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "jetée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "jeton" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #192,876 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "jetée" and "jeton" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "jalon vs jeton". 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 #192,876 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.