júrivsjuroTell them apart

Which to use

“júri” and “juro” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#3,999
“júri” frequency rank
#2,101
“juro” frequency rank
6100
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature júri juro
Definition cidadãos, convocados em nome da lei, para julgamento de uma causa criminal ou cível quantia que se paga, além do principal, pelo empréstimo de dinheiro

Where the eye mixes júri and juro

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. júri and juro follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
júri
4 ch
juro

Look-alike desk: júri vs juro

A purely visual mix-up. júri (/ˈʒu.ɾi/) and juro (/ˈʒu.ɾu/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6100, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

júri is recorded at frequency rank #3,999, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈʒu.ɾi/. 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 6100, this pair ranks #68,392 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of júri vs juro

Shared letters: jr. Private to "júri": iú. Private to "juro": ou.

"júri" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "juro" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • juro ← jjuro · jruo · juor · jurro · ujro

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "júri" and "juro" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (/ˈʒu.ɾi/ versus /ˈʒu.ɾu/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "júri" or "juro"?
"juro" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,101 in our Portuguese list, against #3,999 for "júri". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "júri" and "juro" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "júri" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "juro" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #68,392 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "júri" and "juro" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "junco vs juro". 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 #68,392 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