Which to use
“joker” and “jour” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,824
- “joker” frequency rank
- #141
- “jour” frequency rank
- 13965
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | joker | jour |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Carte qui peut prendre à certains jeux n’importe quelle valeur, selon la volonté de celui qui la détient. | Période de vingt-quatre heures, commençant généralement à minuit ; en certains lieux et à certaines époques, le jour commençait plutôt avec le lever ou le coucher du soleil. |
Where the eye mixes joker and jour
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between joker and jour
A purely visual mix-up. joker (\ʒɔ.kɛʁ\) and jour (\ʒuʁ\) 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 13965, 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\. jour is at rank #141, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʒuʁ\.
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 13965, this pair ranks #398,776 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of joker vs jour
Shared letters: jor. Private to "joker": ek. Private to "jour": u.
"joker" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "jour" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "joker" and "jour" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "joker" or "jour"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "joker" and "jour" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "joker" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "jour" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #398,776 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "joker" and "jour" 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 #398,776 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.