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Which to use

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

#492
“junho” frequency rank
#42,069
“junio” frequency rank
42561
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature junho junio
Definition sexto mês do ano civil junho

Where the eye mixes junho and junio

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

5 ch
junho
5 ch
junio

Look-alike desk: junho vs junio

A purely visual mix-up. junho (/ˈʒu.ɲu/) and junio (/ˈxu.njo/) 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 - h in “junho” becomes i in “junio”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42561, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

junho is recorded at frequency rank #492, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈʒu.ɲu/. junio is at rank #42,069, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈxu.njo/.

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 42561, this pair ranks #23,199 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of junho vs junio

Shared letters: jnou. Private to "junho": h. Private to "junio": i.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • junhojjunho · jnuho · juhno · junhho · junnho · junoh · ujnho
  • juniojjunio · jnuio · juino · junnio · junoi · ujnio

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "junho" and "junio" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (/ˈʒu.ɲu/ versus /ˈxu.njo/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "junho" or "junio"?
"junho" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #492 in our Portuguese list, against #42,069 for "junio". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "junho" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "junio" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #23,199 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "junho" and "junio" 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 #23,199 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