Which to use
“juice” and “jurée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,860
- “juice” frequency rank
- #37,399
- “jurée” frequency rank
- 77259
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | juice | jurée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Jus ; Liquide obtenu en pressant une plante, en particulier un fruit. | Citoyenne choisie par le sort sur une liste annuelle pour faire partie du jury d’une cour d’assises. |
Where the eye mixes juice and jurée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses juice with jurée
A purely visual mix-up. juice (\ˈdʒus\) and jurée (\ʒy.ʁe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77259, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
juice is recorded at frequency rank #39,860, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈdʒus\. jurée is at rank #37,399, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʒy.ʁe\.
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 77259, this pair ranks #28,910 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of juice vs jurée
Shared letters: eju. Private to "juice": ci. Private to "jurée": ré.
"juice" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "jurée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- juice ← jiuce · jjuice · jucie · juicce · juiec · ujice
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "juice" for "jurée" ever safe?
Frequency check: "juice" vs "jurée" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "juice" and "jurée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "juice" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "jurée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #28,910 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "juice" and "jurée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "jerez vs jurée". 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 #28,910 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.