JulivsjúriWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#39,220
“Juli” frequency rank
#3,999
“júri” frequency rank
43219
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Juli júri
Definition julho; sétimo mês do ano civil, tendo 31 dias cidadãos, convocados em nome da lei, para julgamento de uma causa criminal ou cível

Where the eye mixes Juli and júri

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. Juli 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
Juli
4 ch
júri

Visual trap between Juli and júri

A purely visual mix-up. Juli (/ˈjuːli/ ouvir^(fonte ?)) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43219, 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 ?). 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 43219, this pair ranks #22,446 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Juli vs júri

Shared letters: ij. Private to "Juli": lu. Private to "júri": rú.

"Juli" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "júri" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Juli ← jjuli · jlui · juil · julli · ujli

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Juli" for "júri" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/ˈjuːli/ ouvir^(fonte ?) versus /ˈʒu.ɾi/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Juli" vs "júri" - which ranks higher?
"júri" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,999 in our Portuguese list, against #39,220 for "Juli". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Juli" 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 #22,446 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Juli" and "júri" 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 #22,446 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