juddvsjusWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“judd” and “jus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#44,532
“judd” frequency rank
#3,768
“jus” frequency rank
48300
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature judd jus
Definition Viande de porc séchée. Solution aqueuse obtenue à partir d’un produit solide par pression, coction, infusion ou tout autre moyen.

Where the eye mixes judd and jus

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
judd
3 ch
jus

Why the eye confuses judd with jus

A purely visual mix-up. judd (\ʒud\) and jus (\ʒy\) 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 48300, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

judd is recorded at frequency rank #44,532, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʒud\. jus is at rank #3,768, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʒy\.

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 48300, this pair ranks #179,990 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of judd vs jus

Shared letters: ju. Private to "judd": d. Private to "jus": s.

"judd" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "jus" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • juddjdud · jjudd · jud · ujdd

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "judd" for "jus" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʒud\ versus \ʒy\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "judd" or "jus" show up more?
"jus" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,768 in our French list, against #44,532 for "judd". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

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 "judd" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "jus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #179,990 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "judd" and "jus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "judd vs juju". 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 #179,990 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