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

#7,850
“jugée” frequency rank
#10,898
“jugent” frequency rank
18748
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature jugée jugent
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de juger. Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de juger.

Where the eye mixes jugée and jugent

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. jugée runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against jugent's 6 (CVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
jugée
6 ch
jugent

Look-alike desk: jugée vs jugent

A purely visual mix-up. jugée (\ʒy.ʒe\) and jugent (\ʒyʒ\) 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 18748, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

jugée is recorded at frequency rank #7,850, classified as averb, pronounced \ʒy.ʒe\. jugent is at rank #10,898, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʒyʒ\.

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 18748, this pair ranks #376,768 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of jugée vs jugent

Shared letters: egju. Private to "jugée": é. Private to "jugent": nt.

"jugée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "jugent" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • jugentjguent · jjugent · juegnt · jugennt · jugentt · jugetn · juggent · jugnet

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "jugée" for "jugent" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʒy.ʒe\ versus \ʒyʒ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "jugée" vs "jugent" - which ranks higher?
"jugée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,850 in our French list, against #10,898 for "jugent". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "jugée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "jugent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #376,768 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "jugée" and "jugent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "jugent vs jurant". 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 #376,768 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