# junta

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈdʒʌntə/ · frequency rank #18,602

## Definitions
1. The ruling council of a military dictatorship.
2. A council, convention, tribunal or assembly; especially, the grand council of state in Spain.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish junta, feminine form of junto, from Latin iunctus, perfect passive participle of iungō (“join”). Attested from 1623.

## Easily confused with
- **just** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/junta-vs-just)
- **jute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/junta-vs-jute)
- **Jura** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/junta-vs-jura)
- **jun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jun-vs-junta)
- **June** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/june-vs-junta)
- **junk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/junk-vs-junta)
- **Jung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jung-vs-junta)
- **Juno** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/juno-vs-junta)
- **Jana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jana-vs-junta)
- **Jena** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jena-vs-junta)
- **juba** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/juba-vs-junta)
- **Julia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/julia-vs-junta)
- **Jenna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jenna-vs-junta)
- **Judea** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/judea-vs-junta)
- **jaunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jaunt-vs-junta)
- **Juana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/juana-vs-junta)
- **janata** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/janata-vs-junta)
- **Juneau** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/juneau-vs-junta)
- **Juanita** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/juanita-vs-junta)

## Common misspellings (7)
`jjunta`, `jnuta`, `junat`, `junnta`, `juntta`, `jutna`, `ujnta`

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