jury
/ˈd͡ʒʊəɹi/
"jury" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“jury” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #3,070 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,070
- frequency rank, English
- 4
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A group of individuals chosen from the general population to hear and decide a case in a court of law.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jury |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈd͡ʒʊəɹi/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #3,070 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jury” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for jury is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈd͡ʒʊəɹi/. Corpus data places it at rank #3,070 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for jury, with forms such as "jjury", "jruy", and "jurry". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "jus", "just", "juve", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English jure, from Anglo-Norman juree, from Medieval Latin iūrāta, from Latin iūrō (“I swear or take an oath”). The correct English form is jury, spelled J-U-R-Y.
Definition
- 1A group of individuals chosen from the general population to hear and decide a case in a court of law.
- 2A group of judges in a competition.
- 3The audience attending the first night of a performance, whose reaction may determine whether it succeeds or fails.
Etymology
From Middle English jure, from Anglo-Norman juree, from Medieval Latin iūrāta, from Latin iūrō (“I swear or take an oath”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: jjury,jruy,jurry,juryy,juyr,ujry
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of jury - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “jury”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is J-U-R-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈd͡ʒʊəɹi/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “jus” - see the side-by-side comparison. jury vs jus
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.