Which to use
“judas” and “jurys” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,175
- “judas” frequency rank
- #27,860
- “jurys” frequency rank
- 45035
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | judas | jurys |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Traître, par allusion au disciple qui trahit Jésus-Christ, Judas Iscariote. | Pluriel de jury. |
Where the eye mixes judas and jurys
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. judas and jurys follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: judas vs jurys
A purely visual mix-up. judas (\ʒy.da\) and jurys (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45035, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
judas is recorded at frequency rank #17,175, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʒy.da\. jurys is at rank #27,860, 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 45035, this pair ranks #205,899 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of judas vs jurys
Shared letters: jsu. Private to "judas": ad. Private to "jurys": ry.
"judas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "jurys" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "judas" and "jurys" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "judas" or "jurys" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "judas" and "jurys" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "judas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "jurys" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #205,899 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "judas" and "jurys" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "jurée vs jurys". 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 #205,899 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.