Which to use
“jou” is a pronoun and “joui” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,878
- “jou” frequency rank
- #30,676
- “joui” frequency rank
- 69554
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | jou | joui |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pronom personnel objet de la deuxième personne du singulier : te. | Participe passé masculin singulier de jouir. |
Letter map: jou vs joui
Shared letters muted; letters that set jou and joui apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. jou runs 3 letters (CVV) against joui's 4 (CVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for jou / joui
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: jou is apronoun and jouiaverb. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “jou” sits inside “joui”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69554, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
jou is recorded at frequency rank #38,878, classified as apron. 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 69554, this pair ranks #54,654 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of jou vs joui
Shared letters: jou. Private to "jou": -. Private to "joui": i.
"jou" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "joui" · 4 letters · shape CVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- joui ← jjoui · joiu · juoi · ojui
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "jou" and "joui" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "jou" or "joui"?
After this comparison
You've compared "jou" and "joui". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "jou" 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 #54,654 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "jou" and "joui" 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 #54,654 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.