# July

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /d͡ʒʊˈlaɪ/ · frequency rank #696

## Definitions
1. The seventh month of the Gregorian calendar, following June and preceding August.
2. A female given name from English.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Latin Iūlius
Latin iūlius
Old French jule
Anglo-Norman juliebor.
Middle English Julie
English July
From Middle English Julie, julye, iulius, from Anglo-Norman julie, from Old French jule, juil, from Latin iūlius (Gaius Julius Caesar's month), perhaps a contraction of *Iovilios, "descended from Jove".

## Easily confused with
- **jun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/july-vs-jun)
- **jus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/july-vs-jus)
- **just** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/july-vs-just)
- **June** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/july-vs-june)
- **jump** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/july-vs-jump)
- **jury** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/july-vs-jury)
- **junk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/july-vs-junk)
- **Jung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/july-vs-jung)
- **Juno** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/july-vs-juno)
- **juve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/july-vs-juve)
- **jute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/july-vs-jute)
- **Jura** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/july-vs-jura)
- **jumpy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/july-vs-jumpy)
- **justly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/july-vs-justly)
- **Ju** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ju-vs-july)
- **joy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/joy-vs-july)
- **jay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jay-vs-july)
- **jug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jug-vs-july)
- **Juan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/juan-vs-july)
- **joey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/joey-vs-july)

## Common misspellings (6)
`jjuly`, `jluy`, `jully`, `julyy`, `juyl`, `ujly`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/july