jurorvstakingWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#49,812
“juror” frequency rank
#47,767
“taking” frequency rank
97579
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature juror taking
Definition Geschworener, Geschworene Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs take

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set juror and taking apart are highlighted. They share no common letter run, the confusion here is by sound, not by sight.

5 ch
juror
6 ch
taking

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: juror is anoun and takingaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 97579, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

juror is recorded at frequency rank #49,812, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. taking is at rank #47,767, 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 97579, this pair ranks #3,405 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of juror vs taking

Shared letters: none. Private to "juror": joru. Private to "taking": agiknt.

"juror" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "taking" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • jurorjjuror · jruor · juorr · jurorr · jurro · jurror · ujror
  • takingatking · taikng · takign · takingg · takinng · takking · taknig · tkaing

Frequency comparison

juror#49,812
taking#47,767

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "juror" and "taking" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "juror" is a noun and "taking" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "juror" or "taking"?
"taking" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #47,767 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.

Remembering juror vs taking

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “juror”; for a verb, it's “taking”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “juror” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list