jus
/ʒu(s)/noun, adverb
jus is spelled J-U-S: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,835th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, jus means “The juices given off as meat is cooked” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in jus?
| Letters | 3: J-U-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.4 times per million words; the 23,835th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is jus?
Jus appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,835th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce jus?
- UK /ʒuː(s)/
- US /ʒu(s)/
Jus has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-jus.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-jus2.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with jus?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as jus from its last stressed vowel (/u/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
What does jus mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The juices given off as meat is cooked.
- 2
A lightly-reduced gravy or stock made from this.
noun
- 1
plural of JU
adverb
- 1
Abbreviation of just.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does jus come from?
Borrowed from French jus (“juice”). Doublet of juice and ukha.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).