Which to use
“jerez” and “jurée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,746
- “jerez” frequency rank
- #37,399
- “jurée” frequency rank
- 87145
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | jerez | jurée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Vin d’Espagne très renommé récolté en Andalousie, aux environs de Jerez. Très sec, il se dénomme sherry, demi sec manzanilla et doux il se dénomme pajarete. | Citoyenne choisie par le sort sur une liste annuelle pour faire partie du jury d’une cour d’assises. |
Where the eye mixes jerez and jurée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. jerez (CVCVC) and jurée (CVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: jerez vs jurée
A purely visual mix-up. jerez (\xe.ʁɛs\) and jurée (\ʒy.ʁe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 87145, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
jerez is recorded at frequency rank #49,746, classified as anoun, pronounced \xe.ʁɛs\. jurée is at rank #37,399, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʒy.ʁe\.
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 87145, this pair ranks #8,710 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of jerez vs jurée
Shared letters: ejr. Private to "jerez": z. Private to "jurée": ué.
"jerez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "jurée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- jerez ← ejrez · jeerz · jerezz · jerrez · jerze · jjerez · jreez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "jerez" for "jurée" ever safe?
Frequency check: "jerez" vs "jurée" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "jerez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "jurée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #8,710 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "jerez" and "jurée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "jumelé vs jurée". 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 #8,710 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.