judovsjuinTell them apart

Which to use

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

#12,603
“judo” frequency rank
#464
“juin” frequency rank
13067
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature judo juin
Definition Art martial japonais issu du jiu-jitsu, aujourd’hui sport olympique. Sixième mois de l’année du calendrier grégorien, qui compte 30 jours.

Where the eye mixes judo and juin

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

4 ch
judo
4 ch
juin

Look-alike desk: judo vs juin

A purely visual mix-up. judo (\ʒy.do\) and juin (\ʒɥɛ̃\) 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 13067, 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\. juin is at rank #464, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʒɥɛ̃\.

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 13067, this pair ranks #402,568 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of judo vs juin

Shared letters: ju. Private to "judo": do. Private to "juin": in.

"judo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "juin" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • judojduo · jjudo · juddo · juod · ujdo
  • juinjiun · jjuin · juinn · juni · ujin

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "judo" and "juin" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ʒy.do\ versus \ʒɥɛ̃\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "judo" vs "juin" - which ranks higher?
"juin" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #464 in our French list, against #12,603 for "judo". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "judo" and "juin" 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 "juin" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #402,568 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "judo" and "juin" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "judo 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 #402,568 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