# juju vs jus

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### juju
*noun · IPA /ˈd͡ʒuːd͡ʒu/ · frequency rank #30,109*
A fetish or charm believed by West Africans to have magical or supernatural powers.

### jus
*noun · IPA /ʒuː(s)/ · frequency rank #23,881*
The juices given off as meat is cooked.

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