famousvsjurorWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: famous is a adjective, juror is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“famous” is an adjective and “juror” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#41,158
“famous” frequency rank
#49,812
“juror” frequency rank
90970
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature famous juror
Definition bekannt, berühmt Geschworener, Geschworene

Letter map: famous vs juror

Shared letters muted; letters that set famous and juror apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

6 ch
famous
5 ch
juror

Grammar separator: famous vs juror

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: famous is anadjective and juroranoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 90970, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

famous is recorded at frequency rank #41,158, classified as anadj, 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 90970, this pair ranks #42,015 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of famous vs juror

Shared letters: ou. Private to "famous": afms. Private to "juror": jr.

"famous" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC  ·  "juror" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • famousafmous · fammous · famosu · famouss · famuos · faomus · ffamous · fmaous
  • jurorjjuror · jruor · juorr · jurorr · jurro · jurror · ujror

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "famous" for "juror" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "famous" is an adjective and "juror" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "famous" or "juror"?
"famous" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #41,158 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.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "famous" and "juror".

  • Full dictionary entry for "famous" 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 #42,015 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "famous" 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 #42,015 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