jorvsjouiWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: jor is a noun, joui is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“jor” is a noun and “joui” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#49,747
“jor” frequency rank
#30,676
“joui” frequency rank
80423
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature jor joui
Definition Jour. Participe passé masculin singulier de jouir.

Letter map: jor vs joui

Shared letters muted; letters that set jor and joui apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. jor runs 3 letters (CVC) against joui's 4 (CVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
jor
4 ch
joui

Role in the sentence - jor and joui

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: jor is anoun and jouiaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80423, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

jor is recorded at frequency rank #49,747, classified as anoun. joui is at rank #30,676, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʒwi\.

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 80423, this pair ranks #20,970 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of jor vs joui

Shared letters: jo. Private to "jor": r. Private to "joui": iu.

"jor" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "joui" · 4 letters · shape CVVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • joui ← jjoui · joiu · juoi · ojui

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "jor" and "joui" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "jor" is a noun and "joui" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "jor" vs "joui" - which ranks higher?
"joui" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,676 in our French list, against #49,747 for "jor". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "jor" and "joui". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "jor" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "joui" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #20,970 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "jor" and "joui" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "jem 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 #20,970 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