juncovsjunhoTell them apart

Which to use

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

#48,997
“junco” frequency rank
#492
“junho” frequency rank
49489
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature junco junho
Definition gênero botânico de plantas floríferas, pertencente à família Juncaceae; é um grupo de plantas semelhantes às gramíneas que crescem, em geral, nos alagadiços sexto mês do ano civil

Where the eye mixes junco and junho

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

5 ch
junco
5 ch
junho

Why the eye confuses junco with junho

A purely visual mix-up. junco (/ˈʒũ.ku/) 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 differ by a single letter - c in “junco” becomes h in “junho”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49489, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

junco is recorded at frequency rank #48,997, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈʒũ.ku/. 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 49489, this pair ranks #15,508 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of junco vs junho

Shared letters: jnou. Private to "junco": c. Private to "junho": h.

"junco" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "junho" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • juncojjunco · jnuco · jucno · juncco · junnco · junoc · ujnco
  • junhojjunho · jnuho · juhno · junhho · junnho · junoh · ujnho

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "junco" and "junho" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/ˈʒũ.ku/ versus /ˈʒu.ɲu/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "junco" or "junho"?
"junho" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #492 in our Portuguese list, against #48,997 for "junco". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "junco" 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 #15,508 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "junco" and "junho" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "junco 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 #15,508 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