Which to use
“Juli” and “July” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,220
- “Juli” frequency rank
- #18,094
- “July” frequency rank
- 57314
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Juli | July |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | julho; sétimo mês do ano civil, tendo 31 dias | julho |
Where the eye mixes Juli and July
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. Juli and July follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses Juli with July
A purely visual mix-up. Juli (/ˈjuːli/ ouvir^(fonte ?)) and July (/dʒʊ.ˈlaɪ/ ouvir^(fonte ?)) 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 a single letter - i in “Juli” becomes y in “July”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57314, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Juli is recorded at frequency rank #39,220, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈjuːli/ ouvir^(fonte ?). July is at rank #18,094, tagged as anoun, pronounced /dʒʊ.ˈlaɪ/ ouvir^(fonte ?).
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 57314, this pair ranks #9,422 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Juli vs July
Shared letters: jlu. Private to "Juli": i. Private to "July": y.
"Juli" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "July" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Juli" and "July" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "Juli" vs "July" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "Juli" and "July" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Juli" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "July" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #9,422 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Juli" and "July" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Juli 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 #9,422 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.