harbourvsjurorWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#46,722
“harbour” frequency rank
#49,812
“juror” frequency rank
96534
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature harbour juror
Definition Hafen Geschworener, Geschworene

Letter map: harbour vs juror

Shared letters muted; letters that set harbour and juror apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. harbour runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against juror's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
harbour
5 ch
juror

Spelling & dictionary notes on harbour vs juror

harbour 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 differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 96534, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

harbour is recorded at frequency rank #46,722, 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 96534, this pair ranks #6,934 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of harbour vs juror

Shared letters: oru. Private to "harbour": abh. Private to "juror": j.

"harbour" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC  ·  "juror" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • harbour ← ahrbour · habrour · harbbour · harboru · harbourr · harbuor · harobur · harrbour
  • juror ← jjuror · jruor · juorr · jurorr · jurro · jurror · ujror

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "harbour" for "juror" ever safe?
No. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "harbour" vs "juror" - which ranks higher?
"harbour" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #46,722 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

You've compared "harbour" and "juror". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "harbour" 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 #6,934 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "harbour" 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 #6,934 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