JunivsJuryWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#685
“Juni” frequency rank
#5,611
“Jury” frequency rank
6296
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Juni Jury
Definition der sechste Monat im Jahr eine Gruppe von meist Fachleuten, die über einen Preis oder einen Wettbewerb entscheiden

Where the eye mixes Juni and Jury

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
Juni
4 ch
Jury

Visual trap between Juni and Jury

A purely visual mix-up. Juni ([ˈjuːni]) and Jury ([ˈʒyːʁi]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6296, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Juni is recorded at frequency rank #685, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈjuːni]. Jury is at rank #5,611, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈʒyːʁi].

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 6296, this pair ranks #1,992,107 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Juni vs Jury

Shared letters: ju. Private to "Juni": in. Private to "Jury": ry.

"Juni" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Jury" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Junijjuni · jnui · juin · junni · ujni
  • Juryjjury · jruy · jurry · juryy · juyr · ujry

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Juni" and "Jury" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈjuːni] versus [ˈʒyːʁi]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Juni" vs "Jury" - which ranks higher?
"Juni" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #685 in our German list, against #5,611 for "Jury". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "Juni" and "Jury" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Juni" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Jury" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,992,107 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Juni" and "Jury" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "juror vs Jury". 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 #1,992,107 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