Which to use
“judo” and “judoka” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,603
- “judo” frequency rank
- #39,859
- “judoka” frequency rank
- 52462
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | judo | judoka |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Art martial japonais issu du jiu-jitsu, aujourd’hui sport olympique. | Sportif pratiquant le judo. |
Where the eye mixes judo and judoka
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. judo 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.
Look-alike desk: judo vs judoka
A purely visual mix-up. judo (\ʒy.do\) and judoka (\ʒy.dɔ.ka\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “judo” sits inside “judoka”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52462, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
judo is recorded at frequency rank #12,603, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʒy.do\. 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 52462, this pair ranks #147,559 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of judo vs judoka
Shared letters: djou. Private to "judo": -. Private to "judoka": ak.
"judo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "judoka" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "judo" for "judoka" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "judo" and "judoka" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "judo" 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 #147,559 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "judo" and "judoka" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Juda vs judoka". 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 #147,559 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.