jugeonsvsjugesConfusable pair

Quick tell: jugeons is a verb, juges is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“jugeons” is a verb and “juges” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#40,831
“jugeons” frequency rank
#2,829
“juges” frequency rank
43660
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature jugeons juges
Definition Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de juger. Pluriel de juge.

Where the eye mixes jugeons and juges

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. jugeons runs 7 letters (CVCVVCC) against juges's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
jugeons
5 ch
juges

Visual trap between jugeons and juges

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: jugeons is \ʒy.ʒɔ̃\ while juges is \ʒyʒ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43660, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

jugeons is recorded at frequency rank #40,831, classified as averb, pronounced \ʒy.ʒɔ̃\. juges is at rank #2,829, tagged as anoun, 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 43660, this pair ranks #216,379 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of jugeons vs juges

Shared letters: egjsu. Private to "jugeons": no. Private to "juges": -.

"jugeons" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC  ·  "juges" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • jugeonsjgueons · jjugeons · juegons · jugenos · jugeonns · jugeonss · jugeosn · juggeons
  • jugesjgues · jjuges · juegs · jugess · jugges · jugse · ujges

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "jugeons" for "juges" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "jugeons" is a verb and "juges" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "jugeons" or "juges" show up more?
"juges" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,829 in our French list, against #40,831 for "jugeons". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "jugeons" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "juges" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #216,379 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "jugeons" and "juges" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "jugeons vs jupons". 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 #216,379 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