Which to use
“judo” is a noun and “justo” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #31,424
- “judo” frequency rank
- #2,195
- “justo” frequency rank
- 33619
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | judo | justo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | o mesmo que judô | que age com justiça |
Letter map: judo vs justo
Shared letters muted; letters that set judo and justo apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. judo runs 4 letters (CVCV) against justo's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for judo / justo
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: judo is anoun and justoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33619, 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/. justo is at rank #2,195, tagged as anadj.
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 33619, this pair ranks #33,839 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of judo vs justo
Shared letters: jou. Private to "judo": d. Private to "justo": st.
"judo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "justo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "judo" for "justo" ever safe?
Frequency check: "judo" vs "justo" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "judo" vs "justo" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "judo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "justo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #33,839 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "judo" and "justo" 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 #33,839 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.