JudavsjudokaWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Juda is a name, judoka is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Juda” is a name and “judoka” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#26,774
“Juda” frequency rank
#39,859
“judoka” frequency rank
66633
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Juda judoka
Definition Ancien royaume du Moyen-Orient. Sportif pratiquant le judo.

Where the eye mixes Juda and judoka

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

4 ch
Juda
6 ch
judoka

Visual trap between Juda and judoka

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Juda is \ʒy.da\ while judoka is \ʒy.dɔ.ka\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (name vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66633, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Juda is recorded at frequency rank #26,774, classified as aname, pronounced \ʒy.da\. judoka is at rank #39,859, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʒy.dɔ.ka\.

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 66633, this pair ranks #66,983 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Juda vs judoka

Shared letters: adju. Private to "Juda": -. Private to "judoka": ko.

"Juda" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "judoka" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Juda ← jdua · jjuda · juad · judda · ujda
  • judoka ← jduoka · jjudoka · juddoka · judkoa · judoak · judokka · juodka · ujdoka

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Juda" for "judoka" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Juda" is a name and "judoka" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Juda" or "judoka"?
"Juda" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,774 in our French list, against #39,859 for "judoka". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Juda" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "judoka" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #66,983 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Juda" and "judoka" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "jama vs Juda". 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 #66,983 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