juradovsjurarTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#16,536
“jurado” frequency rank
#22,365
“jurar” frequency rank
38901
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature jurado jurar
Definition aquele que participa de um júri fazer uma declaração ou afirmação solene em nome de algum ser ou objeto sagrado, como uma divindade ou a Bíblia

Letter map: jurado vs jurar

Shared letters muted; letters that set jurado and jurar apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
jurado
5 ch
jurar

Role in the sentence - jurado and jurar

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: jurado is anoun and juraraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38901, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

jurado is recorded at frequency rank #16,536, classified as anoun. jurar is at rank #22,365, tagged as averb, pronounced /ʒu.ˈɾaɾ/.

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 38901, this pair ranks #27,474 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of jurado vs jurar

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

"jurado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "jurar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • juradojjurado · jruado · juardo · juraddo · juraod · jurdao · jurrado · ujrado
  • jurarjjurar · jruar · juarr · jurarr · jurrar · ujrar

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "jurado" for "jurar" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "jurado" is a noun and "jurar" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "jurado" or "jurar" show up more?
"jurado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,536 in our Portuguese list, against #22,365 for "jurar". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "jurado" and "jurar".

  • Full dictionary entry for "jurado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "jurar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #27,474 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "jurado" and "jurar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "jorrar vs jurar". 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 #27,474 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