jurorvssumTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#49,812
“juror” frequency rank
#31,289
“sum” frequency rank
81101
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature juror sum
Definition Geschworener, Geschworene 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs esse

Letter map: juror vs sum

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

5 ch
juror
3 ch
sum

Part-of-speech tell for juror / sum

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: juror is anoun and sumaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81101, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

juror is recorded at frequency rank #49,812, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. sum is at rank #31,289, 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 81101, this pair ranks #182,248 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of juror vs sum

Shared letters: u. Private to "juror": jor. Private to "sum": ms.

"juror" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "sum" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • jurorjjuror · jruor · juorr · jurorr · jurro · jurror · ujror

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "juror" and "sum" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "juror" is a noun and "sum" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "juror" or "sum" show up more?
"sum" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,289 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 "sum". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "juror" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sum" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #182,248 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "juror" and "sum" 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 #182,248 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