Which to use
“jouons” is a verb and “jurons” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,262
- “jouons” frequency rank
- #36,457
- “jurons” frequency rank
- 59719
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | jouons | jurons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de jouer. | Pluriel de juron. |
Where the eye mixes jouons and jurons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. jouons (CVVVCC) and jurons (CVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: jouons vs jurons
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: jouons is \ʒwɔ̃\ while jurons is \ʒy.ʁɔ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59719, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
jouons is recorded at frequency rank #23,262, classified as averb, pronounced \ʒwɔ̃\. jurons is at rank #36,457, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʒy.ʁɔ̃\.
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 59719, this pair ranks #101,551 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of jouons vs jurons
Shared letters: jnosu. Private to "jouons": -. Private to "jurons": r.
"jouons" · 6 letters · shape CVVVCC · "jurons" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "jouons" and "jurons" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "jouons" or "jurons" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "jouons" and "jurons" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "jouons" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "jurons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #101,551 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "jouons" and "jurons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "jurant vs jurons". 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 #101,551 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.