# junior

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈd͡ʒuːniə/ · frequency rank #3,069

## Definitions
1. Low in rank; having a subordinate role, job, or situation.
2. Younger.
3. Belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life.
4. Of or pertaining to a third academic year in a four-year high school (eleventh grade) or university.
5. Of or pertaining to the latter half of primary school education.
6. Of or pertaining to a league or competition limited to players below a certain age or level of experience.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin junior, a contraction of iuvenior (“younger”) which is the comparative of iuvenis (“young”); see juvenile.

## Easily confused with
- **Juno** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/junior-vs-juno)
- **juror** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/junior-vs-juror)
- **juniors** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/junior-vs-juniors)
- **juniper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/junior-vs-juniper)
- **julio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/julio-vs-junior)
- **janitor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/janitor-vs-junior)

## Common misspellings (8)
`jjunior`, `jnuior`, `juinor`, `juniorr`, `juniro`, `junnior`, `junoir`, `ujnior`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/junior