Which to use
“joui” is a verb and “Jouy” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,676
- “joui” frequency rank
- #34,591
- “Jouy” frequency rank
- 65267
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | joui | Jouy |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de jouir. | Commune française, située dans le département d’Eure-et-Loir. |
Same sound, different letters: joui vs Jouy
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - joui / Jouy
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: joui and Jouy carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʒwi\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other aname, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - i in “joui” becomes y in “Jouy”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65267, 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\. Jouy is at rank #34,591, tagged as aname, 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 65267, this pair ranks #73,104 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of joui vs Jouy
Shared letters: jou. Private to "joui": i. Private to "Jouy": y.
"joui" · 4 letters · shape CVVV · "Jouy" · 4 letters · shape CVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "joui" and "Jouy" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "joui" or "Jouy"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "joui" / "Jouy". 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 "Jouy" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #73,104 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "joui" and "Jouy" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "jor vs Jouy". 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 #73,104 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.