Which to use
“jetée” and “jurée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,823
- “jetée” frequency rank
- #37,399
- “jurée” frequency rank
- 51222
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | jetée | jurée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Amas de pierres, de cailloux et d’autres matériaux jetés à côté du canal qui forme l’entrée d’un port, fortement maçonnés et ordinairement soutenus de pilotis, pour servir à rompre l’impétuosité des vagues. | Citoyenne choisie par le sort sur une liste annuelle pour faire partie du jury d’une cour d’assises. |
Where the eye mixes jetée and jurée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. jetée and jurée follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between jetée and jurée
A purely visual mix-up. jetée (\ʒə.te\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51222, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
jetée is recorded at frequency rank #13,823, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʒə.te\. 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 51222, this pair ranks #156,646 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of jetée vs jurée
Shared letters: ejé. Private to "jetée": t. Private to "jurée": ru.
"jetée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "jurée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "jetée" and "jurée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "jetée" 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 "jetée" 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 #156,646 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "jetée" and "jurée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "jerez vs jurée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #156,646 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.