Which to use
“jura” is an intj and “júri” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,916
- “jura” frequency rank
- #3,999
- “júri” frequency rank
- 12915
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | jura | júri |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | expressa com tom indagativo o desejo de que haja confirmação por reafirmação | cidadãos, convocados em nome da lei, para julgamento de uma causa criminal ou cível |
Where the eye mixes jura and júri
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. jura and júri follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: jura vs júri
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: jura is /ˈʒu.ɾɐ/ while júri is /ˈʒu.ɾi/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (intj vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12915, 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/. júri is at rank #3,999, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈʒu.ɾi/.
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 12915, this pair ranks #59,549 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of jura vs júri
Shared letters: jr. Private to "jura": au. Private to "júri": iú.
"jura" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "júri" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- jura ← jjura · jrua · juar · jurra · ujra
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "jura" and "júri" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "jura" or "júri" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "jura" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "júri" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #59,549 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "jura" and "júri" 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 #59,549 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.