juncture
/ˈd͡ʒʌŋk.t͡ʃɚ/noun
juncture is spelled J-U-N-C-T-U-R-E: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,820th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, juncture means “A place where things join, a junction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of juncture is junctures.
How many letters and syllables are in juncture?
| Letters | 8: J-U-N-C-T-U-R-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 27,820th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is juncture?
Juncture appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,820th 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 juncture?
- UK /ˈd͡ʒʌŋk.tʃə(ɹ)/
- US /ˈd͡ʒʌŋk.t͡ʃɚ/
- US /ˈd͡ʒʌŋk.ʃɚ/
Juncture has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-juncture.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with juncture?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as juncture from its last stressed vowel (/ʌŋktʃəɹ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of juncture
- junctures plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does juncture mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A place where things join, a junction.
- 2
A critical moment in time.
We're at a crucial juncture in our relationship.
- 3
The 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.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Juncture in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | jonction , joncture |
| German | Verbindungspunkt, Verbindungsstelle , Junktur , (kritischer) Augenblick, Zeitpunkt, Stelle |
| Portuguese | juntura |
| Spanish | juntura |
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 juncture come from?
Inherited from Middle English juncture, from Latin iūnctūra. Doublet of jointure.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).