julio
[ˈxuljo]
The verdict
“julio” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #457 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #457
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Séptimo mes del año en el calendario gregoriano, entre junio y agosto. Dura 31 días.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | julio |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈxuljo] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #457 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “julio” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for julio is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈxuljo]. Corpus data places it at rank #457 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for julio, with forms such as "jjulio", "jluio", and "juilo". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "juro", "July", "Juno", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is julio, spelled J-U-L-I-O.
Definition
- 1Séptimo mes del año en el calendario gregoriano, entre junio y agosto. Dura 31 días.
- 2Séptimo mes del año en el calendario juliano, de 31 días.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: jjulio,jluio,juilo,jullio,juloi,ujlio
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of julio - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “julio”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is J-U-L-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈxuljo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “juro” - see the side-by-side comparison. julio vs juro
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.