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“judo” and “jurado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#26,502
“judo” frequency rank
#3,194
“jurado” frequency rank
29696
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature judo jurado
Definition Variante poco usada de yudo. Tribunal compuesto de ciudadanos elegidos por suerte, y que decide del hecho y declara la culpabilidad o no culpabilidad.

Where the eye mixes judo and jurado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. judo runs 4 letters (CVCV) against jurado's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
judo
6 ch
jurado

Look-alike desk: judo vs jurado

A purely visual mix-up. judo ([ˈxuð̞o]) and jurado ([xuˈɾað̞o]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29696, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

judo is recorded at frequency rank #26,502, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈxuð̞o]. jurado is at rank #3,194, tagged as anoun, pronounced [xuˈɾað̞o].

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 29696, this pair ranks #215,705 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of judo vs jurado

Shared letters: djou. Private to "judo": -. Private to "jurado": ar.

"judo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "jurado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • judo ← jduo · jjudo · juddo · juod · ujdo
  • jurado ← jjurado · jruado · juardo · juraddo · juraod · jurdao · jurrado · ujrado

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "judo" for "jurado" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈxuð̞o] versus [xuˈɾað̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "judo" or "jurado"?
"jurado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,194 in our Spanish list, against #26,502 for "judo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "judo" and "jurado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "judo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "jurado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #215,705 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "judo" and "jurado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Jano vs judo". 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 #215,705 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list