# judge vs judo

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### judge
*noun · IPA /d͡ʒʌd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #1,193*
A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice.

### judo
*noun · IPA /ˈd͡ʒuːdəʊ/ · frequency rank #20,975*
A Japanese martial art and sport adapted from jujutsu.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/judge-vs-judo