Which to use
“juice” is a noun and “juste” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #39,860
- “juice” frequency rank
- #131
- “juste” frequency rank
- 39991
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | juice | juste |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Jus ; Liquide obtenu en pressant une plante, en particulier un fruit. | Qui est conforme au droit, à la raison et à la justice. |
Where the eye mixes juice and juste
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between juice and juste
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: juice is \ˈdʒus\ while juste is \ʒyst\. 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 (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39991, 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\. juste is at rank #131, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʒyst\.
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 39991, this pair ranks #243,833 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of juice vs juste
Shared letters: eju. Private to "juice": ci. Private to "juste": st.
"juice" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "juste" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "juice" and "juste" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "juice" or "juste" 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 "juice" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "juste" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #243,833 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "juice" and "juste" 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 #243,833 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.