# Juno

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈd͡ʒunoʊ/ · frequency rank #23,320

## Definitions
1. The queen of the gods, the equivalent of the Greek goddess Hera.
2. 3 Juno, the third asteroid discovered.
3. A female given name.

## Etymology
From Middle English Juno, from Latin Iūnō of uncertain origin. One hypothesis is derivation from Proto-Indo-European *dyúh₃onh₂- (“she of heavenly authority”), from *dyew- (“sky, heaven”) + *-Hō (“burden, authority”), reflecting her role as goddess of rulers. Another is derivation from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yúh₃onh₂- (“the young goddess”), from *h₂eyu- (“long time, lifetime”) + *-Hō (“burden, authority”), making it cognate with Latin iuvenis (“young”). Both would have produced the unattested early Latin form *Iuvō, declined with the root Iūn- and eventually normalized to Iūnō.

## Easily confused with
- **jus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/juno-vs-jus)
- **just** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/juno-vs-just)
- **jury** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/juno-vs-jury)
- **juve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/juno-vs-juve)
- **jute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/juno-vs-jute)
- **Jura** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/juno-vs-jura)
- **junta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/juno-vs-junta)
- **juror** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/juno-vs-juror)
- **jo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jo-vs-juno)
- **Ju** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ju-vs-juno)
- **Jan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jan-vs-juno)
- **Jon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jon-vs-juno)
- **jin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jin-vs-juno)
- **jun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jun-vs-juno)
- **Jen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jen-vs-juno)
- **jug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jug-vs-juno)
- **Joo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/joo-vs-juno)
- **June** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/june-vs-juno)
- **July** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/july-vs-juno)
- **jump** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jump-vs-juno)

## Common misspellings (5)
`jjuno`, `jnuo`, `junno`, `juon`, `ujno`

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