javavsjuraWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: java is a noun, jura is an intj, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“java” is a noun and “jura” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#9,706
“java” frequency rank
#8,916
“jura” frequency rank
18622
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature java jura
Definition variedade de café arábica proveniente da ilha de Java, Indonésia; café de Java expressa com tom indagativo o desejo de que haja confirmação por reafirmação

Letter map: java vs jura

Shared letters muted; letters that set java and jura apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
java
4 ch
jura

Part-of-speech tell for java / jura

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: java is anoun and juraanintj. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18622, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

java is recorded at frequency rank #9,706, classified as anoun. jura is at rank #8,916, tagged as anintj, pronounced /ˈʒu.ɾɐ/.

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 18622, this pair ranks #52,324 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of java vs jura

Shared letters: aj. Private to "java": v. Private to "jura": ru.

"java" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "jura" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • javaajva · jaav · javva · jjava · jvaa
  • jurajjura · jrua · juar · jurra · ujra

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "java" for "jura" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "java" is a noun and "jura" an intj, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "java" or "jura" show up more?
"jura" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,916 in our Portuguese list, against #9,706 for "java". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "java" and "jura".

  • Full dictionary entry for "java" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "jura" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #52,324 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "java" and "jura" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Juli vs jura". 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 #52,324 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list