JulyvsjúriWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#18,094
“July” frequency rank
#3,999
“júri” frequency rank
22093
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature July júri
Definition julho cidadãos, convocados em nome da lei, para julgamento de uma causa criminal ou cível

Where the eye mixes July and júri

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence. July 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
July
4 ch
júri

Visual trap between July and júri

A purely visual mix-up. July (/dʒʊ.ˈlaɪ/ 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22093, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

July is recorded at frequency rank #18,094, classified as anoun, pronounced /dʒʊ.ˈlaɪ/ 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 22093, this pair ranks #48,030 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of July vs júri

Shared letters: j. Private to "July": luy. Private to "júri": irú.

"July" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "júri" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • July ← jjuly · jluy · jully · julyy · juyl · ujly

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "July" and "júri" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (/dʒʊ.ˈlaɪ/ ouvir^(fonte ?) versus /ˈʒu.ɾi/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "July" or "júri"?
"júri" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,999 in our Portuguese list, against #18,094 for "July". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "July" and "júri" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "July" 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 #48,030 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "July" and "júri" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Juli vs July". 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 #48,030 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