Which to use
“joui” and “jouis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,676
- “joui” frequency rank
- #36,019
- “jouis” frequency rank
- 66695
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | joui | jouis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de jouir. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de jouir. |
Same sound, different letters: joui vs jouis
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. joui runs 4 letters (CVVV) against jouis's 5 (CVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - joui / jouis
This is the hard kind. joui and jouis are pronounced identically (\ʒwi\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “joui” sits inside “jouis”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66695, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
joui is recorded at frequency rank #30,676, classified as averb, pronounced \ʒwi\. jouis is at rank #36,019, 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 66695, this pair ranks #66,683 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of joui vs jouis
Shared letters: ijou. Private to "joui": -. Private to "jouis": s.
"joui" · 4 letters · shape CVVV · "jouis" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "joui" and "jouis" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "joui" or "jouis"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "joui" / "jouis". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "joui" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "jouis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #66,683 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "joui" and "jouis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Josie 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 #66,683 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.