Which to use
“joui” is a verb and “juil” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,676
- “joui” frequency rank
- #29,006
- “juil” frequency rank
- 59682
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | joui | juil |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de jouir. | Juillet. |
Letter map: joui vs juil
Shared letters muted; letters that set joui and juil apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for joui / juil
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: joui is averb and juilanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59682, 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\. juil is at rank #29,006, tagged as anoun.
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 59682, this pair ranks #101,764 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of joui vs juil
Shared letters: iju. Private to "joui": o. Private to "juil": l.
"joui" · 4 letters · shape CVVV · "juil" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "joui" and "juil" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "joui" or "juil" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pair "joui" vs "juil" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "joui" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "juil" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #101,764 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "joui" and "juil" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "jor vs joui". 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 #101,764 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.