Which to use
“jou” is a pronoun and “joues” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,878
- “jou” frequency rank
- #5,471
- “joues” frequency rank
- 44349
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | jou | joues |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pronom personnel objet de la deuxième personne du singulier : te. | Pluriel de joue. |
Letter map: jou vs joues
Shared letters muted; letters that set jou and joues apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. jou runs 3 letters (CVV) against joues's 5 (CVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - jou and joues
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: jou is apronoun and jouesanoun. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “jou” sits inside “joues”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44349, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
jou is recorded at frequency rank #38,878, classified as apron. joues is at rank #5,471, 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 44349, this pair ranks #211,094 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of jou vs joues
Shared letters: jou. Private to "jou": -. Private to "joues": es.
"jou" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "joues" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- joues ← jjoues · joeus · jouess · jouse · juoes · ojues
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "jou" and "joues" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "jou" or "joues" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "jou" and "joues".
- Full dictionary entry for "jou" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "joues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #211,094 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "jou" and "joues" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "jor vs jou". 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 #211,094 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.