JudavsjusWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Juda is a name, jus is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#45,369
“Juda” frequency rank
#30,139
“jus” frequency rank
75508
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Juda jus
Definition männlicher Vorname Saft

Letter map: Juda vs jus

Shared letters muted; letters that set Juda and jus apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. Juda runs 4 letters (CVCV) against jus's 3 (CVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
Juda
3 ch
jus

Part-of-speech tell for Juda / jus

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Juda is aname and jusanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75508, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Juda is recorded at frequency rank #45,369, classified as aname, 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 75508, this pair ranks #306,236 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Juda vs jus

Shared letters: ju. Private to "Juda": ad. Private to "jus": s.

"Juda" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "jus" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Juda ← jdua · jjuda · juad · judda · ujda

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Juda" and "jus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Juda" is a name and "jus" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Juda" vs "jus" - which ranks higher?
"jus" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,139 in our German list, against #45,369 for "Juda". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Juda" and "jus".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Juda" 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 #306,236 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Juda" and "jus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Juda 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 #306,236 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