Which to use
“joute” and “joutes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,569
- “joute” frequency rank
- #31,570
- “joutes” frequency rank
- 63139
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | joute | joutes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Combat à cheval d'homme à homme avec la lance. | Pluriel de joute. |
Same sound, different letters: joute vs joutes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. joute runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against joutes's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: joute vs joutes
This is the hard kind. joute and joutes are pronounced identically (\ʒut\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “joute” sits inside “joutes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63139, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
joute is recorded at frequency rank #31,569, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʒut\. joutes is at rank #31,570, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʒut\.
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 63139, this pair ranks #83,546 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of joute vs joutes
Shared letters: ejotu. Private to "joute": -. Private to "joutes": s.
"joute" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "joutes" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "joute" and "joutes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "joute" vs "joutes" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"joute" and "joutes" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "joute" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "joutes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #83,546 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "joute" and "joutes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Josie vs joute". 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 #83,546 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.