Which to use
“jouées” and “joutes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,072
- “jouées” frequency rank
- #31,570
- “joutes” frequency rank
- 57642
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | jouées | joutes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de jouée. | Pluriel de joute. |
Where the eye mixes jouées and joutes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. jouées (CVVVVC) and joutes (CVVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses jouées with joutes
A purely visual mix-up. jouées (\ʒwe\) and joutes (\ʒut\) 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 a single letter - é in “jouées” becomes t in “joutes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57642, 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\. joutes is at rank #31,570, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʒut\.
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 57642, this pair ranks #113,798 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of jouées vs joutes
Shared letters: ejosu. Private to "jouées": é. Private to "joutes": t.
"jouées" · 6 letters · shape CVVVVC · "joutes" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- joutes ← jjoutes · jotues · joutess · joutse · jouttes · juotes · ojutes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "jouées" and "joutes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "jouées" vs "joutes" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
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 "joutes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #113,798 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "jouées" and "joutes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "joutes vs jouxte". 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 #113,798 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.