jurar vs juro, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#22,365
“jurar” frequency rank: #2,101
“juro” frequency rank: 24466
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	jurar	juro
Definition	fazer uma declaração ou afirmação solene em nome de algum ser ou objeto sagrado, como uma divindade ou a Bíblia	quantia que se paga, além do principal, pelo empréstimo de dinheiro

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set jurar and juro apart are highlighted. They share 3 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

5 ch

jurar

4 ch

juro

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: jurar is /ʒu.ˈɾaɾ/ while juro is /ˈʒu.ɾu/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24466, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

jurar is recorded at frequency rank #22,365, classified as averb, pronounced /ʒu.ˈɾaɾ/. juro is at rank #2,101, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈʒu.ɾu/.

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 24466, this pair ranks #45,145 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of jurar vs juro

Shared letters: jru. Private to "jurar": a. Private to "juro": o.

"jurar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "juro" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

jurar ← jjurar · jruar · juarr · jurarr · jurrar · ujrar
juro ← jjuro · jruo · juor · jurro · ujro

Frequency comparison

jurar#22,365

juro#2,101

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "jurar" and "juro" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "jurar" is a verb and "juro" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "jurar" or "juro"?

"juro" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,101 in our Portuguese list, against #22,365 for "jurar". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering jurar vs juro

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a verb, it's “jurar”; for a noun, it's “juro”.
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