junco
jun·co/ˈd͡ʒʌŋkoʊ/noun
junco is spelled J-U-N-C-O: 5 letters and 2 syllables (jun·co). It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 109,062nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, junco means “Any bird of the genus Junco, which includes several species of North American sparrow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of junco is juncos or juncoes.
How many letters and syllables are in junco?
| Letters | 5: J-U-N-C-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: jun·co |
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 109,062nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is junco?
Junco appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 109,062nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce junco?
- UK /ˈd͡ʒʌŋkəʊ/
- US /ˈd͡ʒʌŋkoʊ/
Junco has 2 syllables, split jun·co in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-I_learned_some_phrases-junco.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of junco
- juncos plural
- juncoes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does junco mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any bird of the genus Junco, which includes several species of North American sparrow.
- 2
obsoleteThe common reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus), a bird found in Europe and much of the Palearctic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Junco in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense bird of the genus Junco:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | junco |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does junco come from?
Borrowed from Spanish junco (“reed, rush”), from Latin iuncus (“reed, rush”). Doublet of juncus and possibly junk.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).