justa

/[ˈxust̪a]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,260

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

justa is aSpanishnoun. It means: Pelea que se practicaba en el medievo entre, generalmente, dos jinetes, que iban a armados con una lanza. Pronounced [ˈxust̪a]. It ranks #4,260 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with justo and juzga.

Key facts for justa
PropertyValue
Headwordjusta
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈxust̪a]
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,260
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of justa in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for justa is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈxust̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,260 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for justa, with forms such as "jjusta", "jsuta", and "jusat". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "justo", "juzga", "justos", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is justa, spelled J-U-S-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pelea que se practicaba en el medievo entre, generalmente, dos jinetes, que iban a armados con una lanza.
  2. 2
    Torneo o ejercicio a caballo en el que se mostraba y ponía a prueba la destreza de los caballeros en las armas.
  3. 3
    Competición sobre un área del saber.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: jjusta,jsuta,jusat,jussta,justta,jutsa,ujsta

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for justa

Misspelling Variants of "justa"

jjusta6jsuta5jusat5jussta6justta6jutsa5ujsta5
Misspelling Variants of "justa"

Frequency rank: #4,260 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "justa"?
"justa" is spelled J-U-S-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈxust̪a].
What does "justa" mean?
As a noun, "justa" means: Pelea que se practicaba en el medievo entre, generalmente, dos jinetes, que iban a armados con una lanza.
What words are commonly confused with "justa"?
"justa" is commonly confused with "justo", "juzga", "justos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "justa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "justa" is [ˈxust̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "justa" come from?
"justa" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.