jeudisvsjouisWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: jeudis is a noun, jouis is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“jeudis” is a noun and “jouis” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#22,909
“jeudis” frequency rank
#36,019
“jouis” frequency rank
58928
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature jeudis jouis
Definition Pluriel de jeudi. Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de jouir.

Where the eye mixes jeudis and jouis

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. jeudis runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against jouis's 5 (CVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
jeudis
5 ch
jouis

Visual trap between jeudis and jouis

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: jeudis is \ʒø.di\ while jouis is \ʒwi\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58928, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

jeudis is recorded at frequency rank #22,909, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʒø.di\. jouis is at rank #36,019, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʒwi\.

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 58928, this pair ranks #106,094 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of jeudis vs jouis

Shared letters: ijsu. Private to "jeudis": de. Private to "jouis": o.

"jeudis" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC  ·  "jouis" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • jeudis ← ejudis · jeduis · jeuddis · jeudiss · jeudsi · jeuids · jjeudis · juedis
  • jouis ← jjouis · joius · jouiss · jousi · juois · ojuis

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "jeudis" and "jouis" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "jeudis" is a noun and "jouis" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "jeudis" or "jouis"?
"jeudis" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,909 in our French list, against #36,019 for "jouis". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "jeudis" and "jouis" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "jeudis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "jouis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #106,094 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "jeudis" and "jouis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Josie 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 #106,094 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list