brinkvsjurorWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“brink” and “juror” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#37,421
“brink” frequency rank
#49,812
“juror” frequency rank
87233
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature brink juror
Definition Rand, Kante (besonders an einem steil abfallenden Platz, ein Kliff oder eine Schlucht) Geschworener, Geschworene

Letter map: brink vs juror

Shared letters muted; letters that set brink and juror apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. brink (CCVCC) and juror (CVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
brink
5 ch
juror

Spelling & dictionary notes on brink vs juror

brink and juror are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 87233, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

brink is recorded at frequency rank #37,421, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. juror is at rank #49,812, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].

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 87233, this pair ranks #83,081 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of brink vs juror

Shared letters: r. Private to "brink": bikn. Private to "juror": jou.

"brink" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC  ·  "juror" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • brink ← bbrink · birnk · brikn · brinkk · brinnk · brnik · brrink · rbink
  • juror ← jjuror · jruor · juorr · jurorr · jurro · jurror · ujror

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "brink" and "juror" be used interchangeably?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "brink" vs "juror" - which ranks higher?
"brink" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #37,421 in our German list, against #49,812 for "juror". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "brink" vs "juror" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "brink" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "juror" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #83,081 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "brink" and "juror" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "juror vs puzzles". 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 #83,081 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list