Which to use
“jo” and “job” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,932
- “jo” frequency rank
- #3,145
- “job” frequency rank
- 7077
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | jo | job |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | (Nivernais) Coq. | Petit emploi, petit boulot, souvent faiblement rémunéré et temporaire. |
Where the eye mixes jo and job
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: jo vs job
A purely visual mix-up. jo (\ʒɔ\) and job (\dʒɔb\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “jo” sits inside “job”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7077, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
jo is recorded at frequency rank #3,932, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʒɔ\. job is at rank #3,145, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dʒɔb\.
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 7077, this pair ranks #424,320 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of jo vs job
Shared letters: jo. Private to "jo": -. Private to "job": b.
"jo" · 2 letters · shape CV · "job" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "jo" for "job" ever safe?
Frequency check: "jo" vs "job" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "jo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "job" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #424,320 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "jo" and "job" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "jo vs jor". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #424,320 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.