juncture
/ˈd͡ʒʌŋk.tʃə(ɹ)/
"juncture" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“juncture” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #27,894 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #27,894
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A place where things join, a junction.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | juncture |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈd͡ʒʌŋk.tʃə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #27,894 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “juncture” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for juncture is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈd͡ʒʌŋk.tʃə(ɹ)/. Corpus data places it at rank #27,894 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for juncture, with forms such as "jjuncture", "jnucture", and "jucnture". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Inherited from Middle English juncture, from Latin iūnctūra. Doublet of jointure. The correct English form is juncture, spelled J-U-N-C-T-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1A place where things join, a junction.
- 2A critical moment in time.
- 3The manner of moving (transition) or mode of relationship between two consecutive sounds; a suprasegmental phonemic cue, by which a listener can distinguish between two otherwise identical sequences of sounds that have different meanings.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English juncture, from Latin iūnctūra. Doublet of jointure.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: jjuncture,jnucture,jucnture,junccture,junctrue,junctture,junctuer,juncturre,juncutre,junncture,juntcure,ujncture
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of juncture - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “juncture”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is J-U-N-C-T-U-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈd͡ʒʌŋk.tʃə(ɹ)/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.