Which to use
“jouées” and “jours” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,072
- “jouées” frequency rank
- #183
- “jours” frequency rank
- 26255
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | jouées | jours |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de jouée. | Pluriel de jour. |
Where the eye mixes jouées and jours
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. jouées runs 6 letters (CVVVVC) against jours's 5 (CVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: jouées vs jours
A purely visual mix-up. jouées (\ʒwe\) and jours (\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 26255, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
jouées is recorded at frequency rank #26,072, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʒwe\. jours is at rank #183, 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 26255, this pair ranks #336,173 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of jouées vs jours
Shared letters: josu. Private to "jouées": eé. Private to "jours": r.
"jouées" · 6 letters · shape CVVVVC · "jours" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- jours ← jjours · jorus · jourrs · jourss · jousr · juors · ojurs
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "jouées" and "jours" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "jouées" vs "jours" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "jouées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "jours" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #336,173 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "jouées" and "jours" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "jouées vs jouis". 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 #336,173 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.