joinvsjuilTell them apart

Which to use

“join” and “juil” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#38,380
“join” frequency rank
#29,006
“juil” frequency rank
67386
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature join juil
Definition Joint, interconnexion. Juillet.

Letter map: join vs juil

Shared letters muted; letters that set join and juil apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
join
4 ch
juil

Pair insight - join / juil

join and juil are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67386, 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\. juil is at rank #29,006, tagged as anoun.

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 67386, this pair ranks #63,650 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of join vs juil

Shared letters: ij. Private to "join": no. Private to "juil": lu.

"join" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "juil" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • joinjion · jjoin · joinn · joni · ojin
  • juiljiul · jjuil · juill · juli · ujil

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "join" and "juil" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "join" vs "juil" - which ranks higher?
"juil" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,006 in our French list, against #38,380 for "join". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "join" vs "juil" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "join" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "juil" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #63,650 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "join" and "juil" 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 #63,650 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