Which to use
“joker” and “joue” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,824
- “joker” frequency rank
- #689
- “joue” frequency rank
- 14513
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | joker | joue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Carte qui peut prendre à certains jeux n’importe quelle valeur, selon la volonté de celui qui la détient. | 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 joker and joue
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. joker runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against joue's 4 (CVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: joker vs joue
A purely visual mix-up. joker (\ʒɔ.kɛʁ\) 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14513, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
joker is recorded at frequency rank #13,824, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʒɔ.kɛʁ\. 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 14513, this pair ranks #396,341 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of joker vs joue
Shared letters: ejo. Private to "joker": kr. Private to "joue": u.
"joker" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "joue" · 4 letters · shape CVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "joker" and "joue" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "joker" or "joue" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "joker" 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 #396,341 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "joker" and "joue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "joker 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 #396,341 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.