jurorvsshameConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#49,812
“juror” frequency rank
#43,491
“shame” frequency rank
93303
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature juror shame
Definition Geschworener, Geschworene jemanden beschämen

Letter map: juror vs shame

Shared letters muted; letters that set juror and shame apart highlighted. No shared letter run. juror (CVCVC) and shame (CCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
juror
5 ch
shame

Role in the sentence - juror and shame

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: juror is anoun and shameaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 93303, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

juror is recorded at frequency rank #49,812, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. shame is at rank #43,491, 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 93303, this pair ranks #23,725 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of juror vs shame

Shared letters: none. Private to "juror": joru. Private to "shame": aehms.

"juror" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "shame" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • juror ← jjuror · jruor · juorr · jurorr · jurro · jurror · ujror
  • shame ← hsame · sahme · shaem · shamme · shhame · shmae · sshame

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "juror" and "shame" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "juror" is a noun and "shame" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "juror" or "shame" show up more?
"shame" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #43,491 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 "shame" 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 "shame" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #23,725 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "juror" and "shame" 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 #23,725 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