jouisvsjuilTell them apart

Quick tell: jouis is a verb, juil is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“jouis” is a verb and “juil” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#36,019
“jouis” frequency rank
#29,006
“juil” frequency rank
65025
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature jouis juil
Definition Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de jouir. Juillet.

Letter map: jouis vs juil

Shared letters muted; letters that set jouis and juil apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. jouis 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.

5 ch
jouis
4 ch
juil

Grammar separator: jouis vs juil

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: jouis is averb and juilanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65025, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

jouis is recorded at frequency rank #36,019, 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 65025, this pair ranks #74,230 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of jouis vs juil

Shared letters: iju. Private to "jouis": os. Private to "juil": l.

"jouis" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC  ·  "juil" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • jouis ← jjouis · joius · jouiss · jousi · juois · ojuis
  • juil ← jiul · jjuil · juill · juli · ujil

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "jouis" and "juil" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "jouis" is a verb and "juil" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "jouis" or "juil"?
"juil" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,006 in our French list, against #36,019 for "jouis". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "jouis" and "juil".

  • Full dictionary entry for "jouis" 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 #74,230 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "jouis" and "juil" 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 #74,230 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list