Which to use
“jouée” and “jour” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,198
- “jouée” frequency rank
- #141
- “jour” frequency rank
- 13339
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | jouée | jour |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Paroi latérale d'une lucarne. | 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 jouée and jour
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: jouée vs jour
A purely visual mix-up. jouée (\ʒwe\) 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 13339, 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\. 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 13339, this pair ranks #401,418 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of jouée vs jour
Shared letters: jou. Private to "jouée": eé. Private to "jour": r.
"jouée" · 5 letters · shape CVVVV · "jour" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- jour ← jjour · joru · jourr · juor · ojur
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "jouée" and "jour" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "jouée" vs "jour" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "jouée" 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 #401,418 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "jouée" and "jour" 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 #401,418 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.