jugementsvsjumentsTell them apart

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

#11,797
“jugements” frequency rank
#40,832
“juments” frequency rank
52629
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature jugements juments
Definition Pluriel de jugement. Pluriel de jument.

Where the eye mixes jugements and juments

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. jugements runs 9 letters (CVCVCVCCC) against juments's 7 (CVCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
jugements
7 ch
juments

Look-alike desk: jugements vs juments

A purely visual mix-up. jugements (\ʒy.ʒə.mɑ̃\) and juments (\ʒy.mɑ̃\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52629, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

jugements is recorded at frequency rank #11,797, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʒy.ʒə.mɑ̃\. juments is at rank #40,832, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʒy.mɑ̃\.

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 52629, this pair ranks #146,361 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of jugements vs juments

Shared letters: ejmnstu. Private to "jugements": g. Private to "juments": -.

"jugements" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCCC  ·  "juments" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • jugementsjguements · jjugements · juegments · jugeemnts · jugemennts · jugemenst · jugementss · jugementts
  • jumentsjjuments · jmuents · juemnts · jumennts · jumenst · jumentss · jumentts · jumetns

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "jugements" and "juments" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʒy.ʒə.mɑ̃\ versus \ʒy.mɑ̃\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "jugements" or "juments"?
"jugements" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,797 in our French list, against #40,832 for "juments". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "jugements" and "juments" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "jugements" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "juments" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #146,361 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "jugements" and "juments" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "jacents vs juments". 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 #146,361 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