juliovsjunhoWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#6,778
“julio” frequency rank
#492
“junho” frequency rank
7270
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature julio junho
Definition julho sexto mês do ano civil

Where the eye mixes julio and junho

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

5 ch
julio
5 ch
junho

Look-alike desk: julio vs junho

A purely visual mix-up. julio (/ˈxu.ljo/) and junho (/ˈʒu.ɲu/) 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 7270, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

julio is recorded at frequency rank #6,778, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈxu.ljo/. junho is at rank #492, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈʒu.ɲu/.

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 7270, this pair ranks #66,905 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of julio vs junho

Shared letters: jou. Private to "julio": il. Private to "junho": hn.

"julio" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "junho" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • juliojjulio · jluio · juilo · jullio · juloi · ujlio
  • junhojjunho · jnuho · juhno · junhho · junnho · junoh · ujnho

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "julio" for "junho" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/ˈxu.ljo/ versus /ˈʒu.ɲu/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "julio" or "junho" show up more?
"junho" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #492 in our Portuguese list, against #6,778 for "julio". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "julio" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "junho" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #66,905 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "julio" and "junho" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "julio 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 #66,905 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