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

#42,069
“junio” frequency rank
#3,999
“júri” frequency rank
46068
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes junio and júri

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

5 ch
junio
4 ch
júri

Why the eye confuses junio with júri

A purely visual mix-up. junio (/ˈxu.njo/) 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46068, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

junio is recorded at frequency rank #42,069, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈxu.njo/. 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 46068, this pair ranks #19,291 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of junio vs júri

Shared letters: ij. Private to "junio": nou. Private to "júri": .

"junio" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "júri" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • juniojjunio · jnuio · juino · junnio · junoi · ujnio

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "junio" and "júri" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/ˈxu.njo/ versus /ˈʒu.ɾi/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "junio" or "júri" show up more?
"júri" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,999 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 "junio" and "júri" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "junio" 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 #19,291 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "junio" and "júri" 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 #19,291 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