juilvsjusConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#29,006
“juil” frequency rank
#3,768
“jus” frequency rank
32774
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature juil jus
Definition Juillet. Solution aqueuse obtenue à partir d’un produit solide par pression, coction, infusion ou tout autre moyen.

Letter map: juil vs jus

Shared letters muted; letters that set juil and jus apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
juil
3 ch
jus

Pair insight - juil / jus

juil and jus are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32774, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

juil is recorded at frequency rank #29,006, classified as anoun. jus is at rank #3,768, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʒy\.

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 32774, this pair ranks #295,055 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of juil vs jus

Shared letters: ju. Private to "juil": il. Private to "jus": s.

"juil" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "jus" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • juiljiul · jjuil · juill · juli · ujil

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "juil" and "jus" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "juil" vs "jus" - which ranks higher?
"jus" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,768 in our French list, against #29,006 for "juil". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "juil" vs "jus" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "juil" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "jus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #295,055 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "juil" and "jus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "juil vs juju". 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 #295,055 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