Which to use
“jouée” is a noun and “jouer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,198
- “jouée” frequency rank
- #479
- “jouer” frequency rank
- 13677
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | jouée | jouer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Paroi latérale d'une lucarne. | En parlant d'un enfant, se plonger dans un monde imaginé appuyé par des éléments de la réalité dans un but de divertissement, de développement ou d'apprentissage. |
Same sound, different letters: jouée vs jouer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - jouée and jouer
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: jouée and jouer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʒwe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13677, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
jouée is recorded at frequency rank #13,198, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʒwe\. jouer is at rank #479, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʒwe\.
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 13677, this pair ranks #400,008 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of jouée vs jouer
Shared letters: ejou. Private to "jouée": é. Private to "jouer": r.
"jouée" · 5 letters · shape CVVVV · "jouer" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- jouer ← jjouer · joeur · jouerr · joure · juoer · ojuer
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "jouée" and "jouer" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "jouée" vs "jouer" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"jouée" and "jouer" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "jouée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "jouer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #400,008 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "jouée" and "jouer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Josie vs jouée". 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 #400,008 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.