Which to use
“jouit” is a verb and “jour” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,602
- “jouit” frequency rank
- #141
- “jour” frequency rank
- 12743
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | jouit | jour |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de jouir. | Période de vingt-quatre heures, commençant généralement à minuit ; en certains lieux et à certaines époques, le jour commençait plutôt avec le lever ou le coucher du soleil. |
Where the eye mixes jouit and jour
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. jouit runs 5 letters (CVVVC) against jour's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between jouit and jour
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: jouit is \ʒwi\ while jour is \ʒuʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12743, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
jouit is recorded at frequency rank #12,602, classified as averb, pronounced \ʒwi\. jour is at rank #141, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʒuʁ\.
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 12743, this pair ranks #403,946 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of jouit vs jour
Shared letters: jou. Private to "jouit": it. Private to "jour": r.
"jouit" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC · "jour" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "jouit" for "jour" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "jouit" or "jour" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "jouit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "jour" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #403,946 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "jouit" and "jour" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Josie vs jouit". 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 #403,946 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.