juréevsjurezWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#37,399
“jurée” frequency rank
#27,859
“jurez” frequency rank
65258
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Same sound, different letters: jurée vs jurez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. jurée (CVCVV) and jurez (CVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
jurée
5 ch
jurez

Ear matches; page differs - jurée and jurez

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: jurée and jurez 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 65258, 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\. jurez is at rank #27,859, 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 65258, this pair ranks #73,139 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of jurée vs jurez

Shared letters: ejru. Private to "jurée": é. Private to "jurez": z.

"jurée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "jurez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • jurezjjurez · jruez · juerz · jurezz · jurrez · jurze · ujrez

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "jurée" and "jurez" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "jurée" is a noun and "jurez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "jurée" or "jurez" show up more?
"jurez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,859 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.

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 "jurez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #73,139 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "jurée" and "jurez" 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 #73,139 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