julhovsjunioTell them apart

Which to use

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

#603
“julho” frequency rank
#42,069
“junio” frequency rank
42672
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature julho junio
Definition sétimo mês do ano civil junho

Where the eye mixes julho and junio

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
julho
5 ch
junio

Why the eye confuses julho with junio

A purely visual mix-up. julho (/ˈʒu.ʎu/) and junio (/ˈxu.njo/) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42672, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

julho is recorded at frequency rank #603, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈʒu.ʎu/. junio is at rank #42,069, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈxu.njo/.

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 42672, this pair ranks #23,079 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of julho vs junio

Shared letters: jou. Private to "julho": hl. Private to "junio": in.

"julho" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "junio" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • julhojjulho · jluho · juhlo · julhho · jullho · juloh · ujlho
  • juniojjunio · jnuio · juino · junnio · junoi · ujnio

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "julho" for "junio" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/ˈʒu.ʎu/ versus /ˈxu.njo/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "julho" or "junio" show up more?
"julho" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #603 in our Portuguese list, against #42,069 for "junio". 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 "julho" and "junio" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "julho" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "junio" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #23,079 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "julho" and "junio" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "junco vs junio". 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 #23,079 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