junket
/ˈd͡ʒʌŋkɪt/noun, verb
junket is spelled J-U-N-K-E-T: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 63,645th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, junket means “A type of cream cheese, originally made in a rush basket; later, a food made of sweetened curds” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of junket is junkets.
How many letters and syllables are in junket?
| Letters | 6: J-U-N-K-E-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 63,645th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is junket?
Junket appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 63,645th 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 junket?
- US /ˈd͡ʒʌŋkɪt/
Junket 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-junket.ogg, En-au-junket.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of junket
- junkets plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- junketing participle, present
- junketting participle, present
- junketed participle, past
- junketted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does junket mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
obsoleteA basket.
- 2
A type of cream cheese, originally made in a rush basket; later, a food made of sweetened curds.
- 3
obsoleteA delicacy.
- 4
A feast or banquet.
- 5
A pleasure trip; a journey made for feasting or enjoyment, now especially a trip made ostensibly for business but which entails merrymaking or entertainment.
- 6
Ellipsis of press junket.
- 7
A gaming room for which the capacity and limits change daily, often rented out to private vendors who run tour groups through them and give a portion of the proceeds to the main casino.
verb
- 1
datedTo attend a junket; to feast.
- 2
To go on a junket; to travel.
- 3
To regale or entertain with a feast.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Junket in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | caillé, fromage blanc , fête, banquet , ballade, virée |
| German | Quarkspeise, Quark, dicke Milch |
| Spanish | francachela , vuelta, garbeo |
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 junket come from?
From Middle English jonket (“basket made of rushes”), from Medieval Latin iuncta, possibly from Latin iuncus (“rush, reed”) and therefore a possible doublet of jonquil. Meaning shifted to “feast or banquet” by 1520s, probably via the notion of a picnic basket. This in turn led to the sense of “pleasure trip” (1814), and then to specifically to “trip made ostensibly for business but which entails merrymaking or entertainment” by 1886 in American English.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).