jumentsvsjurentTell them apart

Quick tell: juments is a noun, jurent is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“juments” is a noun and “jurent” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#40,832
“juments” frequency rank
#30,678
“jurent” frequency rank
71510
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature juments jurent
Definition Pluriel de jument. Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de jurer.

Where the eye mixes juments and jurent

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
juments
6 ch
jurent

Why the eye confuses juments with jurent

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: juments is \ʒy.mɑ̃\ while jurent is \ʒyʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71510, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

juments is recorded at frequency rank #40,832, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʒy.mɑ̃\. jurent is at rank #30,678, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʒyʁ\.

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 71510, this pair ranks #47,314 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of juments vs jurent

Shared letters: ejntu. Private to "juments": ms. Private to "jurent": r.

"juments" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC  ·  "jurent" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • jumentsjjuments · jmuents · juemnts · jumennts · jumenst · jumentss · jumentts · jumetns
  • jurentjjurent · jruent · juernt · jurennt · jurentt · juretn · jurnet · jurrent

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "juments" and "jurent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "juments" is a noun and "jurent" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "juments" vs "jurent" - which ranks higher?
"jurent" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,678 in our French list, against #40,832 for "juments". 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 "juments" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "jurent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #47,314 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "juments" and "jurent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "jacents vs juments". 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 #47,314 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