Which to use
“joy” and “jury” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,919
- “joy” frequency rank
- #3,146
- “jury” frequency rank
- 19065
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | joy | jury |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Joie, allégresse. | Tous les jurés désignés pour une session, ou seulement des douze jurés auxquels une affaire est soumise. |
Where the eye mixes joy and jury
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between joy and jury
A purely visual mix-up. joy (\ˈdʒɔɪ\) and jury (\ʒy.ʁi\) 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 19065, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
joy is recorded at frequency rank #15,919, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈdʒɔɪ\. jury is at rank #3,146, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʒy.ʁi\.
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 19065, this pair ranks #375,221 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of joy vs jury
Shared letters: jy. Private to "joy": o. Private to "jury": ru.
"joy" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "jury" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- jury ← jjury · jruy · jurry · juryy · juyr · ujry
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "joy" for "jury" ever safe?
Which is more common, "joy" or "jury"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "joy" and "jury" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "joy" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "jury" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #375,221 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "joy" and "jury" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "jor vs joy". 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 #375,221 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.