Which to use
“jugée” is a verb and “juice” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,850
- “jugée” frequency rank
- #39,860
- “juice” frequency rank
- 47710
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | jugée | juice |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de juger. | Jus ; Liquide obtenu en pressant une plante, en particulier un fruit. |
Where the eye mixes jugée and juice
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. jugée (CVCVV) and juice (CVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between jugée and juice
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: jugée is \ʒy.ʒe\ while juice is \ˈdʒus\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47710, 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\. 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 47710, this pair ranks #184,779 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of jugée vs juice
Shared letters: eju. Private to "jugée": gé. Private to "juice": ci.
"jugée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "juice" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- juice ← jiuce · jjuice · jucie · juicce · juiec · ujice
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "jugée" and "juice" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "jugée" or "juice" show up more?
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 "juice" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #184,779 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "jugée" 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 #184,779 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.