jurer

/\ʒy.ʁe\/ verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,663

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

jurer is aFrenchverb. It means: Affirmer par serment, en prenant un dieu, ou quelqu’un, ou quelque chose à témoin. Pronounced \ʒy.ʁe\. Often confused with jury and jute.

Key facts for jurer
PropertyValue
Headwordjurer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʒy.ʁe\
Letters5
Frequency rank#15,663
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of jurer in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for jurer is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʒy.ʁe\. Corpus data places it at rank #15,663 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for jurer, with forms such as "jjurer", "jruer", and "juerr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "jury", "jute", "jurez", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is jurer, spelled J-U-R-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Affirmer par serment, en prenant un dieu, ou quelqu’un, ou quelque chose à témoin.
  2. 2
    Confirmer, ratifier une chose par serment ; s’engager par serment à quelque chose.
  3. 3
    Assurer ou certifier une chose.
  4. 4
    Blasphémer.
  5. 5
    Proférer des grossièretés.
  6. 6
    Promettre fortement, quand même ce serait sans serment.
  7. 7
    Résoudre fermement une chose.
  8. 8
    Être choquant, en parlant de l’union ou du rapprochement de deux choses.
  9. 9
    Rendre un son discordant.
  10. 10
    Insulter.
  11. 11
    Croire sur des apparences

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: jjurer,jruer,juerr,jurerr,jurre,jurrer,ujrer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for jurer

Misspelling Variants of "jurer"

jjurer6jruer5juerr5jurerr6jurre5jurrer6ujrer5
Misspelling Variants of "jurer"

Frequency rank: #15,663 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "jurer"?
"jurer" is spelled J-U-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒy.ʁe\.
What does "jurer" mean?
As a verb, "jurer" means: Affirmer par serment, en prenant un dieu, ou quelqu’un, ou quelque chose à témoin.
What words are commonly confused with "jurer"?
"jurer" is commonly confused with "jury", "jute", "jurez". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "jurer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jurer" is \ʒy.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jurer" come from?
"jurer" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.