JunevsjunhoTell them apart

Which to use

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

#10,550
“June” frequency rank
#492
“junho” frequency rank
11042
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature June junho
Definition junho sexto mês do ano civil

Where the eye mixes June and junho

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

4 ch
June
5 ch
junho

Visual trap between June and junho

A purely visual mix-up. June (/d͡ʒuːn/ ouvir^(fonte ?)) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11042, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

June is recorded at frequency rank #10,550, classified as anoun, pronounced /d͡ʒuːn/ ouvir^(fonte ?). 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 11042, this pair ranks #61,906 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of June vs junho

Shared letters: jnu. Private to "June": e. Private to "junho": ho.

"June" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "junho" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Junejjune · jnue · juen · junne · ujne
  • junhojjunho · jnuho · juhno · junhho · junnho · junoh · ujnho

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "June" for "junho" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/d͡ʒuːn/ ouvir^(fonte ?) versus /ˈʒu.ɲu/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "June" vs "junho" - which ranks higher?
"junho" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #492 in our Portuguese list, against #10,550 for "June". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "June" 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 #61,906 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "June" and "junho" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "junco vs June". 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 #61,906 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