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“Juli” and “Jute” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#684
“Juli” frequency rank
#47,512
“Jute” frequency rank
48196
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Juli Jute
Definition der siebte Monat im Jahr Pflanze aus der Gattung Corchorus, aus der Fasern zur Textilherstellung gewonnen werden

Where the eye mixes Juli and Jute

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

4 ch
Juli
4 ch
Jute

Visual trap between Juli and Jute

A purely visual mix-up. Juli ([ˈjuːli]) and Jute ([ˈjuːtə]) 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 48196, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Juli is recorded at frequency rank #684, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈjuːli]. Jute is at rank #47,512, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈjuːtə].

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 48196, this pair ranks #1,257,394 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Juli vs Jute

Shared letters: ju. Private to "Juli": il. Private to "Jute": et.

"Juli" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Jute" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Juli ← jjuli · jlui · juil · julli · ujli
  • Jute ← jjute · jtue · juet · jutte · ujte

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Juli" for "Jute" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈjuːli] versus [ˈjuːtə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "Juli" or "Jute"?
"Juli" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #684 in our German list, against #47,512 for "Jute". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Juli" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Jute" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,257,394 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Juli" and "Jute" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "junk vs Jute". 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 #1,257,394 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list