Which to use
“jurée” is a noun and “jurer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,399
- “jurée” frequency rank
- #15,663
- “jurer” frequency rank
- 53062
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | jurée | jurer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Citoyenne choisie par le sort sur une liste annuelle pour faire partie du jury d’une cour d’assises. | Affirmer par serment, en prenant un dieu, ou quelqu’un, ou quelque chose à témoin. |
Same sound, different letters: jurée vs jurer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. jurée (CVCVV) and jurer (CVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: jurée vs jurer
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: jurée and jurer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʒy.ʁe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53062, 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\. jurer is at rank #15,663, tagged as averb, 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 53062, this pair ranks #143,365 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of jurée vs jurer
Shared letters: ejru. Private to "jurée": é. Private to "jurer": -.
"jurée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "jurer" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- jurer ← jjurer · jruer · juerr · jurerr · jurre · jurrer · ujrer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "jurée" and "jurer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "jurée" or "jurer" show up more?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "jurée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "jurer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #143,365 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "jurée" and "jurer" 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 #143,365 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.