Which to use
“juge” and “juice” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,065
- “juge” frequency rank
- #39,860
- “juice” frequency rank
- 40925
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | juge | juice |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Magistrat investi par autorité publique du pouvoir de dire le droit ou reconnaître le fait et de la fonction d’appliquer la loi dans les affaires litigieuses. | Jus ; Liquide obtenu en pressant une plante, en particulier un fruit. |
Where the eye mixes juge and juice
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. juge runs 4 letters (CVCV) against juice's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between juge and juice
A purely visual mix-up. juge (\ʒyʒ\) and juice (\ˈdʒus\) 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 40925, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
juge is recorded at frequency rank #1,065, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʒyʒ\. juice is at rank #39,860, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈdʒus\.
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 40925, this pair ranks #236,905 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of juge vs juice
Shared letters: eju. Private to "juge": g. Private to "juice": ci.
"juge" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "juice" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "juge" for "juice" ever safe?
Frequency check: "juge" vs "juice" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "juge" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "juice" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #236,905 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "juge" and "juice" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "judge vs juice". 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 #236,905 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.