juivevsjunteWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: juive is a adjective, junte is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“juive” is an adjective and “junte” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#6,213
“juive” frequency rank
#21,676
“junte” frequency rank
27889
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature juive junte
Definition Féminin singulier de juif. En Espagne et au Portugal, conseil ou assemblée, administratif ou politique.

Where the eye mixes juive and junte

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
juive
5 ch
junte

Look-alike desk: juive vs junte

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: juive is \ʒɥiv\ while junte is \ʒœ̃t\. 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 (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27889, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

juive is recorded at frequency rank #6,213, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʒɥiv\. junte is at rank #21,676, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʒœ̃t\.

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 27889, this pair ranks #326,138 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of juive vs junte

Shared letters: eju. Private to "juive": iv. Private to "junte": nt.

"juive" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "junte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • juivejiuve · jjuive · juiev · juivve · juvie · ujive
  • juntejjunte · jnute · junet · junnte · juntte · jutne · ujnte

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "juive" for "junte" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "juive" is an adjective and "junte" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "juive" or "junte"?
"juive" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,213 in our French list, against #21,676 for "junte". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "juive" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "junte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #326,138 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "juive" and "junte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "judge vs junte". 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 #326,138 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