Which to use
“juke” and “jury” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,964
- “juke” frequency rank
- #3,146
- “jury” frequency rank
- 46110
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | juke | jury |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Bar dansant. | Tous les jurés désignés pour une session, ou seulement des douze jurés auxquels une affaire est soumise. |
Where the eye mixes juke and jury
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. juke and jury follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between juke and jury
A purely visual mix-up. juke (\dʒuk\) and jury (\ʒy.ʁi\) 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 46110, 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\. jury is at rank #3,146, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʒy.ʁi\.
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 46110, this pair ranks #197,535 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of juke vs jury
Shared letters: ju. Private to "juke": ek. Private to "jury": ry.
"juke" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "jury" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "juke" and "jury" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "juke" vs "jury" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
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 "jury" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #197,535 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "juke" and "jury" 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 #197,535 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.