jukevsjusTell them apart

Which to use

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

#42,964
“juke” frequency rank
#3,768
“jus” frequency rank
46732
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature juke jus
Definition Bar dansant. Solution aqueuse obtenue à partir d’un produit solide par pression, coction, infusion ou tout autre moyen.

Where the eye mixes juke and jus

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

4 ch
juke
3 ch
jus

Visual trap between juke and jus

A purely visual mix-up. juke (\dʒuk\) and jus (\ʒy\) 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 46732, 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\. jus is at rank #3,768, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʒy\.

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 46732, this pair ranks #192,566 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of juke vs jus

Shared letters: ju. Private to "juke": ek. Private to "jus": s.

"juke" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "jus" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • jukejjuke · jkue · juek · jukke · ujke

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "juke" and "jus" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\dʒuk\ versus \ʒy\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "juke" or "jus"?
"jus" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,768 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 "juke" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "jus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #192,566 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "juke" and "jus" 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 #192,566 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