juravsjuradoWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#8,916
“jura” frequency rank
#16,536
“jurado” frequency rank
25452
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature jura jurado
Definition expressa com tom indagativo o desejo de que haja confirmação por reafirmação aquele que participa de um júri

Letter map: jura vs jurado

Shared letters muted; letters that set jura and jurado apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. jura runs 4 letters (CVCV) against jurado's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
jura
6 ch
jurado

Role in the sentence - jura and jurado

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: jura is anintj and juradoanoun. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “jura” sits inside “jurado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25452, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

jura is recorded at frequency rank #8,916, classified as anintj, pronounced /ˈʒu.ɾɐ/. jurado is at rank #16,536, tagged as anoun.

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 25452, this pair ranks #43,851 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of jura vs jurado

Shared letters: ajru. Private to "jura": -. Private to "jurado": do.

"jura" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "jurado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • jura ← jjura · jrua · juar · jurra · ujra
  • jurado ← jjurado · jruado · juardo · juraddo · juraod · jurdao · jurrado · ujrado

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "jura" and "jurado" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "jura" is an intj and "jurado" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "jura" or "jurado"?
"jura" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,916 in our Portuguese list, against #16,536 for "jurado". 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 "jura" and "jurado".

  • Full dictionary entry for "jura" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "jurado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #43,851 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "jura" and "jurado" 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 #43,851 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