Which to use
“jura” and “jurée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,030
- “jura” frequency rank
- #37,399
- “jurée” frequency rank
- 46429
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | jura | jurée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fromage suisse de la région des Franches-Montagnes. | Citoyenne choisie par le sort sur une liste annuelle pour faire partie du jury d’une cour d’assises. |
Where the eye mixes jura and jurée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. jura runs 4 letters (CVCV) against jurée's 5 (CVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: jura vs jurée
A purely visual mix-up. jura (\ʒy.ʁa\) 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46429, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
jura is recorded at frequency rank #9,030, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʒy.ʁa\. 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 46429, this pair ranks #195,012 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of jura vs jurée
Shared letters: jru. Private to "jura": a. Private to "jurée": eé.
"jura" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "jurée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- jura ← jjura · jrua · juar · jurra · ujra
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "jura" for "jurée" ever safe?
Frequency check: "jura" vs "jurée" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "jura" 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 #195,012 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "jura" 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 #195,012 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.