jugadosvsjuradosWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#32,268
“jugados” frequency rank
#17,183
“jurados” frequency rank
49451
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature jugados jurados
Definition Forma del plural de jugado, participio de jugar o de jugarse. Forma del plural de jurado, participio de jurar.

Where the eye mixes jugados and jurados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. jugados and jurados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
jugados
7 ch
jurados

Look-alike desk: jugados vs jurados

A purely visual mix-up. jugados ([xuˈɣ̞að̞os]) and jurados ([xuˈɾað̞os]) 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 a single letter - g in “jugados” becomes r in “jurados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49451, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

jugados is recorded at frequency rank #32,268, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [xuˈɣ̞að̞os]. jurados is at rank #17,183, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [xuˈɾað̞os].

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 49451, this pair ranks #108,804 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of jugados vs jurados

Shared letters: adjosu. Private to "jugados": g. Private to "jurados": r.

"jugados" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "jurados" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • jugados ← jguados · jjugados · juagdos · jugaddos · jugadoss · jugadso · jugaods · jugdaos
  • jurados ← jjurados · jruados · juardos · juraddos · juradoss · juradso · juraods · jurdaos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "jugados" for "jurados" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([xuˈɣ̞að̞os] versus [xuˈɾað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "jugados" vs "jurados" - which ranks higher?
"jurados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,183 in our Spanish list, against #32,268 for "jugados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "jugados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "jurados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #108,804 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "jugados" and "jurados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "jugabas vs jugados". 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 #108,804 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