jurer

\ʒy.ʁe\

/\ʒy.ʁe\/ verb

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The verdict

“jurer” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,663. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,663
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Affirmer par serment, en prenant un dieu, ou quelqu’un, ou quelque chose à témoin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-jurer · jurer · French

jurer · rank #15,663 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,663
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH Joachim

Nearest frequency peer: Joachim (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « jurer »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « jurer » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

jurer vs jury
60% similar
jurer vs jute
60% similar
jurer vs jurez
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « jurer »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).jurerse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Joachim » (#15,662), « kiosque » (#15,664), « jen » (#15,661). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « jurer » est au #15,663. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around jurer (IPA \ʒy.ʁe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #15,663 among 957 “J” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for jurer, with forms such as "jjurer", "jruer", and "juerr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "jury", "jute", "jurez", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is jurer, spelled J-U-R-E-R.

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

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how jurer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il jure son Dieu, sa foi, que…
  2. Il se trouvera une douzaine de femmes dévotes et bonnes royalistes qui jureront par le nom de leur saint et en baisant leur pouce qu’elles ont vu le susdit chacune dans son village, exactement à l’heure et à la minute où le crime a été commis.

Synonyms

promettre

This word in other languages

swear(English)jurar(Español)schwören(Deutsch)jurar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • jjurer
  • jruer
  • juerr
  • jurerr
  • jurre
  • jurrer
  • ujrer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of jurer - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

jjurer1jruer2juerr2jurerr1jurre2jurrer1ujrer2
Edit distance from "jurer"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "jurer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

marrer7 variantsNadal7 variantsNDLR7 variantsferrée7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list