jeudisvsjudasConfusable pair

Which to use

“jeudis” and “judas” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#22,909
“jeudis” frequency rank
#17,175
“judas” frequency rank
40084
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature jeudis judas
Definition Pluriel de jeudi. Traître, par allusion au disciple qui trahit Jésus-Christ, Judas Iscariote.

Where the eye mixes jeudis and judas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. jeudis runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against judas's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
jeudis
5 ch
judas

Visual trap between jeudis and judas

A purely visual mix-up. jeudis (\ʒø.di\) and judas (\ʒy.da\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40084, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

jeudis is recorded at frequency rank #22,909, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʒø.di\. judas is at rank #17,175, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʒy.da\.

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 40084, this pair ranks #243,165 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of jeudis vs judas

Shared letters: djsu. Private to "jeudis": ei. Private to "judas": a.

"jeudis" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC  ·  "judas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • jeudis ← ejudis · jeduis · jeuddis · jeudiss · jeudsi · jeuids · jjeudis · juedis
  • judas ← jduas · jjudas · juads · judass · juddas · judsa · ujdas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "jeudis" for "judas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʒø.di\ versus \ʒy.da\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "jeudis" vs "judas" - which ranks higher?
"judas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,175 in our French list, against #22,909 for "jeudis". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "jeudis" and "judas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "jeudis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "judas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #243,165 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "jeudis" and "judas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "jetais vs jeudis". 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 #243,165 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list