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

#39,220
“Juli” frequency rank
#2,101
“juro” frequency rank
41321
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Juli juro
Definition julho; sétimo mês do ano civil, tendo 31 dias quantia que se paga, além do principal, pelo empréstimo de dinheiro

Where the eye mixes Juli and juro

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. Juli and juro 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
juro

Visual trap between Juli and juro

A purely visual mix-up. Juli (/ˈjuːli/ ouvir^(fonte ?)) and juro (/ˈʒu.ɾu/) 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 41321, 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 ?). juro is at rank #2,101, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈʒu.ɾu/.

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 41321, this pair ranks #24,616 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Juli vs juro

Shared letters: ju. Private to "Juli": il. Private to "juro": or.

"Juli" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "juro" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Juli ← jjuli · jlui · juil · julli · ujli
  • juro ← jjuro · jruo · juor · jurro · ujro

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Juli" and "juro" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (/ˈjuːli/ ouvir^(fonte ?) versus /ˈʒu.ɾu/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "Juli" or "juro"?
"juro" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,101 in our Portuguese list, against #39,220 for "Juli". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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  • Full dictionary entry for "Juli" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "juro" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #24,616 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Juli" and "juro" 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 #24,616 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