jurorvsknownWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#49,812
“juror” frequency rank
#40,645
“known” frequency rank
90457
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature juror known
Definition Geschworener, Geschworene Partizip Perfekt (past participle) des Verbs know

Letter map: juror vs known

Shared letters muted; letters that set juror and known apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. juror (CVCVC) and known (CCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
juror
5 ch
known

Part-of-speech tell for juror / known

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: juror is anoun and knownaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 90457, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

juror is recorded at frequency rank #49,812, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. known is at rank #40,645, tagged as averb, 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 90457, this pair ranks #46,823 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of juror vs known

Shared letters: o. Private to "juror": jru. Private to "known": knw.

"juror" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "known" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • juror ← jjuror · jruor · juorr · jurorr · jurro · jurror · ujror
  • known ← kknown · knnown · knonw · knownn · knowwn · knwon · konwn · nkown

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "juror" and "known" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "juror" is a noun and "known" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "juror" vs "known" - which ranks higher?
"known" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #40,645 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 "juror" and "known".

  • Full dictionary entry for "juror" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "known" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #46,823 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "juror" and "known" 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 #46,823 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