Jud vs jus, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“Jud” is an abbrev and “jus” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#46,763
“Jud” frequency rank: #30,139
“jus” frequency rank: 76902
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	Jud	jus
Definition	Judasbrief	Saft

Letter map: Jud vs jus

Shared letters muted; letters that set Jud and jus apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. Jud and jus follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

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Jud

3 ch

jus

Role in the sentence - Jud and jus

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Jud is anabbrev and jusanoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - d in “Jud” becomes s in “jus”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76902, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Jud is recorded at frequency rank #46,763, classified as anabbrev, pronounced […]. jus is at rank #30,139, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ʒy].

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 76902, this pair ranks #273,061 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Jud vs jus

Shared letters: ju. Private to "Jud": d. Private to "jus": s.

"Jud" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "jus" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Jud" and "jus" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Jud" is an abbrev and "jus" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary German text, does "Jud" or "jus" show up more?

"jus" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,139 in our German list, against #46,763 for "Jud". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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Full dictionary entry for "Jud" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "jus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #273,061 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"Jud" and "jus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Jud vs puzzles". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #273,061 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.