JunevsjúriTell them apart

Which to use

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

#10,550
“June” frequency rank
#3,999
“júri” frequency rank
14549
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes June and júri

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

Look-alike desk: June vs júri

A purely visual mix-up. June (/d͡ʒuːn/ 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 14549, 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 ?). 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 14549, this pair ranks #57,501 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of June vs júri

Shared letters: j. Private to "June": enu. Private to "júri": irú.

"June" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "júri" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • June ← jjune · jnue · juen · junne · ujne

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "June" and "júri" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (/d͡ʒuːn/ ouvir^(fonte ?) versus /ˈʒu.ɾi/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "June" vs "júri" - which ranks higher?
"júri" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,999 in our Portuguese list, against #10,550 for "June". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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 "júri" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #57,501 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "June" and "júri" 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 #57,501 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