Which to use
“join” and “joue” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,380
- “join” frequency rank
- #689
- “joue” frequency rank
- 39069
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | join | joue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Joint, interconnexion. | Partie du visage de l’humain qui est au-dessous des tempes et des yeux, et qui s’étend de chaque côté du nez jusqu’au menton dont la peau ferme latéralement la bouche. |
Where the eye mixes join and joue
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: join vs joue
A purely visual mix-up. join (\d͡ʒɔɪn\) and joue (\ʒu\) 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 39069, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
join is recorded at frequency rank #38,380, classified as anoun, pronounced \d͡ʒɔɪn\. joue is at rank #689, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʒu\.
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 39069, this pair ranks #250,736 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of join vs joue
Shared letters: jo. Private to "join": in. Private to "joue": eu.
"join" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "joue" · 4 letters · shape CVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "join" for "joue" ever safe?
Which is more common, "join" or "joue"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "join" and "joue" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "join" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "joue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #250,736 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "join" and "joue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "join vs jor". 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 #250,736 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.