Which to use
“juive” and “juré” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,213
- “juive” frequency rank
- #6,624
- “juré” frequency rank
- 12837
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | juive | juré |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de juif. | Qui est consacré dans une fonction par le serment qu’il a prêté de l’exercer scrupuleusement. |
Where the eye mixes juive and juré
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: juive vs juré
A purely visual mix-up. juive (\ʒɥiv\) and juré (\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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12837, 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\. juré is at rank #6,624, tagged as anadj, 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 12837, this pair ranks #403,555 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of juive vs juré
Shared letters: ju. Private to "juive": eiv. Private to "juré": ré.
"juive" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "juré" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- juive ← jiuve · jjuive · juiev · juivve · juvie · ujive
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "juive" and "juré" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "juive" or "juré" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "juive" and "juré" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "juive" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "juré" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #403,555 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "juive" and "juré" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "jor vs juré". 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 #403,555 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.