jusvsjuveConfusable pair

Quick tell: jus is a noun, juve is an unknown, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“jus” is a noun and “juve” is an unknown - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#30,139
“jus” frequency rank
#42,608
“juve” frequency rank
72747
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature jus juve
Definition Saft [1] Dativ Plural des Personalpronomens ju „ihr“

Letter map: jus vs juve

Shared letters muted; letters that set jus and juve apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. jus runs 3 letters (CVC) against juve's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
jus
4 ch
juve

Role in the sentence - jus and juve

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: jus is anoun and juveanunknown. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72747, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

jus is recorded at frequency rank #30,139, classified as anoun, pronounced [ʒy]. juve is at rank #42,608, tagged as anunknown, 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 72747, this pair ranks #379,597 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of jus vs juve

Shared letters: ju. Private to "jus": s. Private to "juve": ev.

"jus" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "juve" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • juve ← jjuve · juev · juvve · jvue · ujve

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "jus" and "juve" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "jus" is a noun and "juve" an unknown, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "jus" or "juve"?
"jus" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,139 in our German list, against #42,608 for "juve". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "jus" vs "juve" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "jus" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "juve" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #379,597 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "jus" and "juve" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "juve 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 #379,597 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