juréevsjurentWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#37,399
“jurée” frequency rank
#30,678
“jurent” frequency rank
68077
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature jurée jurent
Definition Citoyenne choisie par le sort sur une liste annuelle pour faire partie du jury d’une cour d’assises. Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de jurer.

Where the eye mixes jurée and jurent

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. jurée runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against jurent's 6 (CVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
jurée
6 ch
jurent

Look-alike desk: jurée vs jurent

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: jurée is \ʒy.ʁe\ 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 68077, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

jurée is recorded at frequency rank #37,399, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʒy.ʁe\. 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 68077, this pair ranks #60,678 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of jurée vs jurent

Shared letters: ejru. Private to "jurée": é. Private to "jurent": nt.

"jurée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "jurent" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • jurentjjurent · jruent · juernt · jurennt · jurentt · juretn · jurnet · jurrent

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "jurée" for "jurent" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "jurée" is a noun and "jurent" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "jurée" 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 #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 "jurée" 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 #60,678 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "jurée" and "jurent" 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 #60,678 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