Which to use
“jouée” and “jurée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,198
- “jouée” frequency rank
- #37,399
- “jurée” frequency rank
- 50597
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | jouée | jurée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Paroi latérale d'une lucarne. | Citoyenne choisie par le sort sur une liste annuelle pour faire partie du jury d’une cour d’assises. |
Where the eye mixes jouée and jurée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. jouée (CVVVV) and jurée (CVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: jouée vs jurée
A purely visual mix-up. jouée (\ʒwe\) 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 50597, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
jouée is recorded at frequency rank #13,198, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʒwe\. 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 50597, this pair ranks #161,415 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of jouée vs jurée
Shared letters: ejué. Private to "jouée": o. Private to "jurée": r.
"jouée" · 5 letters · shape CVVVV · "jurée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "jouée" and "jurée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "jouée" 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 #161,415 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "jouée" and "jurée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "jerez vs jurée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #161,415 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.