judovsjulhoTell them apart

Which to use

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

#31,424
“judo” frequency rank
#603
“julho” frequency rank
32027
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature judo julho
Definition o mesmo que judô sétimo mês do ano civil

Where the eye mixes judo and julho

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. judo runs 4 letters (CVCV) against julho's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
judo
5 ch
julho

Look-alike desk: judo vs julho

A purely visual mix-up. judo (/ˈʒu.du/) and julho (/ˈʒu.ʎu/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32027, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

judo is recorded at frequency rank #31,424, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈʒu.du/. julho is at rank #603, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈʒu.ʎu/.

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 32027, this pair ranks #35,892 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of judo vs julho

Shared letters: jou. Private to "judo": d. Private to "julho": hl.

"judo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "julho" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • judo ← jduo · jjudo · juddo · juod · ujdo
  • julho ← jjulho · jluho · juhlo · julhho · jullho · juloh · ujlho

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "judo" for "julho" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/ˈʒu.du/ versus /ˈʒu.ʎu/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "judo" or "julho"?
"julho" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #603 in our Portuguese list, against #31,424 for "judo". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "judo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "julho" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #35,892 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "judo" and "julho" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "judo vs junco". 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 #35,892 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