juinvsjukeTell them apart

Which to use

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

#464
“juin” frequency rank
#42,964
“juke” frequency rank
43428
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature juin juke
Definition Sixième mois de l’année du calendrier grégorien, qui compte 30 jours. Bar dansant.

Where the eye mixes juin and juke

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
juin
4 ch
juke

Why the eye confuses juin with juke

A purely visual mix-up. juin (\ʒɥɛ̃\) and juke (\dʒuk\) 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 43428, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

juin is recorded at frequency rank #464, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʒɥɛ̃\. juke is at rank #42,964, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dʒuk\.

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 43428, this pair ranks #218,133 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of juin vs juke

Shared letters: ju. Private to "juin": in. Private to "juke": ek.

"juin" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "juke" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • juinjiun · jjuin · juinn · juni · ujin
  • jukejjuke · jkue · juek · jukke · ujke

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "juin" and "juke" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʒɥɛ̃\ versus \dʒuk\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "juin" vs "juke" - which ranks higher?
"juin" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #464 in our French list, against #42,964 for "juke". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "juin" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "juke" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #218,133 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "juin" and "juke" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "juju vs juke". 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 #218,133 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