junhovsjustoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: junho is a noun, justo is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“junho” is a noun and “justo” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#492
“junho” frequency rank
#2,195
“justo” frequency rank
2687
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature junho justo
Definition sexto mês do ano civil que age com justiça

Letter map: junho vs justo

Shared letters muted; letters that set junho and justo apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
junho
5 ch
justo

Role in the sentence - junho and justo

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: junho is anoun and justoanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2687, 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/. justo is at rank #2,195, tagged as anadj.

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 2687, this pair ranks #72,607 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of junho vs justo

Shared letters: jou. Private to "junho": hn. Private to "justo": st.

"junho" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "justo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • junhojjunho · jnuho · juhno · junhho · junnho · junoh · ujnho
  • justojjusto · jsuto · jusot · jussto · justto · jutso · ujsto

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "junho" and "justo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "junho" is a noun and "justo" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "junho" or "justo"?
"junho" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #492 in our Portuguese list, against #2,195 for "justo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "junho" and "justo".

  • Full dictionary entry for "junho" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "justo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #72,607 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "junho" and "justo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "junco vs justo". 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 #72,607 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