juntevsjuréeWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#21,676
“junte” frequency rank
#37,399
“jurée” frequency rank
59075
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature junte jurée
Definition En Espagne et au Portugal, conseil ou assemblée, administratif ou politique. Citoyenne choisie par le sort sur une liste annuelle pour faire partie du jury d’une cour d’assises.

Where the eye mixes junte and jurée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. junte (CVCCV) and jurée (CVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
junte
5 ch
jurée

Visual trap between junte and jurée

A purely visual mix-up. junte (\ʒœ̃t\) and jurée (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59075, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

junte is recorded at frequency rank #21,676, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʒœ̃t\. jurée is at rank #37,399, tagged as anoun, 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 59075, this pair ranks #105,206 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of junte vs jurée

Shared letters: eju. Private to "junte": nt. Private to "jurée": ré.

"junte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "jurée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • junte ← jjunte · jnute · junet · junnte · juntte · jutne · ujnte

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "junte" and "jurée" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ʒœ̃t\ versus \ʒy.ʁe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "junte" or "jurée" show up more?
"junte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,676 in our French list, against #37,399 for "jurée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "junte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "jurée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #105,206 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "junte" and "jurée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "jerez vs jurée". 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 #105,206 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