Which to use
“jeton” and “jetons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,871
- “jeton” frequency rank
- #15,175
- “jetons” frequency rank
- 48046
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | jeton | jetons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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. | Pluriel de jeton. |
Same sound, different letters: jeton vs jetons
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. jeton runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against jetons's 6 (CVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - jeton / jetons
This is the hard kind. jeton and jetons are pronounced identically (\ʒə.tɔ̃\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “jeton” sits inside “jetons”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48046, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
jeton is recorded at frequency rank #32,871, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʒə.tɔ̃\. jetons is at rank #15,175, 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 48046, this pair ranks #182,081 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of jeton vs jetons
Shared letters: ejnot. Private to "jeton": -. Private to "jetons": s.
"jeton" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "jetons" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "jeton" and "jetons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "jeton" or "jetons"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "jeton" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "jetons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #182,081 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "jeton" and "jetons" 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 #182,081 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.