junta
/ˈhʊntə/noun
junta is spelled J-U-N-T-A: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.2 times per million words in written English, the 18,537th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, junta means “The committee of military officers that have usurped political control” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of junta is juntas.
How many letters and syllables are in junta?
| Letters | 5: J-U-N-T-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.2 times per million words; the 18,537th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 junta?
Junta appears 2.2 times per million words in written English, the 18,537th 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 junta?
- UK /ˈdʒʌntə/
- UK /ˈdʒʊntə/
- US /ˈhʊntə/
Junta 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-junta1.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-junta2.wav, En-us-junta.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with junta?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as junta (/ʊntə/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: jaunt.
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 junta
- juntas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does junta mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The committee of military officers that have usurped political control.
- 2
A council, convention, tribunal or assembly; especially, the grand council of state in Spain.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Junta in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense ruling council of a military dictatorship:
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 junta come from?
Borrowed from Spanish junta (literally "a thing gathered or joined"), feminine form of junto, from Latin iunctus, perfect passive participle of iungō (“join”). Attested from 1623.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).