Which to use
“judo” and “juke” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,603
- “judo” frequency rank
- #42,964
- “juke” frequency rank
- 55567
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | judo | juke |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Art martial japonais issu du jiu-jitsu, aujourd’hui sport olympique. | Bar dansant. |
Where the eye mixes judo and juke
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. judo and juke follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses judo with juke
A purely visual mix-up. judo (\ʒy.do\) and juke (\dʒuk\) 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 55567, 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\. juke is at rank #42,964, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dʒuk\.
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 55567, this pair ranks #126,653 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of judo vs juke
Shared letters: ju. Private to "judo": do. Private to "juke": ek.
"judo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "juke" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "judo" for "juke" ever safe?
Frequency check: "judo" vs "juke" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "judo" and "juke" 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 "juke" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #126,653 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "judo" and "juke" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "juju vs juke". 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 #126,653 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.