jurorvsmilitaryWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: juror is a noun, military is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#49,812
“juror” frequency rank
#29,699
“military” frequency rank
79511
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature juror military
Definition Geschworener, Geschworene militärisch

Letter map: juror vs military

Shared letters muted; letters that set juror and military apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. juror runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against military's 8 (CVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
juror
8 ch
military

Part-of-speech tell for juror / military

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: juror is anoun and militaryanadjective. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79511, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

juror is recorded at frequency rank #49,812, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. military is at rank #29,699, tagged as anadj, 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 79511, this pair ranks #214,930 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of juror vs military

Shared letters: r. Private to "juror": jou. Private to "military": ailmty.

"juror" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "military" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • jurorjjuror · jruor · juorr · jurorr · jurro · jurror · ujror
  • militaryimlitary · miiltary · miliatry · militarry · militaryy · militayr · militray · milittary

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "juror" and "military" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "juror" is a noun and "military" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "juror" or "military"?
"military" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,699 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

Pair "juror" vs "military" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "juror" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "military" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #214,930 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "juror" and "military" 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 #214,930 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