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Which to use

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

#30,227
“jugo” frequency rank
#3,999
“júri” frequency rank
34226
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature jugo júri
Definition canga cidadãos, convocados em nome da lei, para julgamento de uma causa criminal ou cível

Where the eye mixes jugo and júri

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence. jugo and júri follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
jugo
4 ch
júri

Why the eye confuses jugo with júri

A purely visual mix-up. jugo (/ˈʒu.ɡu/) and júri (/ˈʒu.ɾi/) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34226, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

jugo is recorded at frequency rank #30,227, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈʒu.ɡu/. júri is at rank #3,999, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈʒu.ɾi/.

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 34226, this pair ranks #33,099 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of jugo vs júri

Shared letters: j. Private to "jugo": gou. Private to "júri": irú.

"jugo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "júri" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • jugo ← jguo · jjugo · juggo · juog · ujgo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "jugo" for "júri" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/ˈʒu.ɡu/ versus /ˈʒu.ɾi/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "jugo" or "júri"?
"júri" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,999 in our Portuguese list, against #30,227 for "jugo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "jugo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "júri" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #33,099 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "jugo" and "júri" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "jugo 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 #33,099 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