jurorvsscratchWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#49,812
“juror” frequency rank
#43,485
“scratch” frequency rank
93297
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature juror scratch
Definition Geschworener, Geschworene kratzen

Letter map: juror vs scratch

Shared letters muted; letters that set juror and scratch apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

5 ch
juror
7 ch
scratch

Role in the sentence - juror and scratch

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: juror is anoun and scratchaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 93297, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

juror is recorded at frequency rank #49,812, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. scratch is at rank #43,485, 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 93297, this pair ranks #23,776 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of juror vs scratch

Shared letters: r. Private to "juror": jou. Private to "scratch": achst.

"juror" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "scratch" · 7 letters · shape CCCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • jurorjjuror · jruor · juorr · jurorr · jurro · jurror · ujror
  • scratchcsratch · scartch · sccratch · scracth · scratcch · scratchh · scrathc · scrattch

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "juror" for "scratch" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "juror" is a noun and "scratch" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "juror" or "scratch"?
"scratch" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #43,485 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

You've compared "juror" and "scratch". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "juror" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "scratch" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #23,776 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "juror" and "scratch" 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 #23,776 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