jukevsjuraTell them apart

Which to use

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

#42,964
“juke” frequency rank
#9,030
“jura” frequency rank
51994
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature juke jura
Definition Bar dansant. Fromage suisse de la région des Franches-Montagnes.

Where the eye mixes juke and jura

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

4 ch
juke
4 ch
jura

Look-alike desk: juke vs jura

A purely visual mix-up. juke (\dʒuk\) and jura (\ʒy.ʁa\) 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 51994, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

juke is recorded at frequency rank #42,964, classified as anoun, pronounced \dʒuk\. jura is at rank #9,030, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʒy.ʁa\.

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 51994, this pair ranks #150,935 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of juke vs jura

Shared letters: ju. Private to "juke": ek. Private to "jura": ar.

"juke" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "jura" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • jukejjuke · jkue · juek · jukke · ujke
  • jurajjura · jrua · juar · jurra · ujra

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "juke" for "jura" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\dʒuk\ versus \ʒy.ʁa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "juke" vs "jura" - which ranks higher?
"jura" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,030 in our French list, against #42,964 for "juke". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "juke" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "jura" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #150,935 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "juke" and "jura" 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 #150,935 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