Which to use
“jouir” is a verb and “juil” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,861
- “jouir” frequency rank
- #29,006
- “juil” frequency rank
- 38867
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | jouir | juil |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Profiter d’une chose que l’on a, que l’on possède, en goûter le plaisir, l’agrément, etc. | Juillet. |
Letter map: jouir vs juil
Shared letters muted; letters that set jouir and juil apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. jouir runs 5 letters (CVVVC) against juil's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - jouir and juil
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: jouir is averb and juilanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38867, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
jouir is recorded at frequency rank #9,861, classified as averb, pronounced \ʒwiʁ\. 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 38867, this pair ranks #252,239 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of jouir vs juil
Shared letters: iju. Private to "jouir": or. Private to "juil": l.
"jouir" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC · "juil" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "jouir" 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 #252,239 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "jouir" and "juil" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "juil vs juju". 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 #252,239 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.