judíasvsjuntasTell them apart

Quick tell: judías is a adjective, juntas is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“judías” is an adjective and “juntas” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#16,892
“judías” frequency rank
#2,936
“juntas” frequency rank
19828
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature judías juntas
Definition Forma del femenino plural de judío. Forma del plural de junta.

Where the eye mixes judías and juntas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. judías (CVCVVC) and juntas (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
judías
6 ch
juntas

Visual trap between judías and juntas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: judías is [xuˈð̞ias] while juntas is [ˈxũn̪t̪as]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19828, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

judías is recorded at frequency rank #16,892, classified as anadj, pronounced [xuˈð̞ias]. juntas is at rank #2,936, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈxũn̪t̪as].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 19828, this pair ranks #262,040 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of judías vs juntas

Shared letters: ajsu. Private to "judías": dí. Private to "juntas": nt.

"judías" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC  ·  "juntas" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • juntas ← jjuntas · jnutas · junats · junntas · juntass · juntsa · junttas · jutnas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "judías" for "juntas" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "judías" is an adjective and "juntas" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "judías" or "juntas"?
"juntas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,936 in our Spanish list, against #16,892 for "judías". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "judías" and "juntas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "judías" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "juntas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #262,040 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "judías" and "juntas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Judea vs judías". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #262,040 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list