juniovsjunteWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: junio is a noun, junte is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“junio” is a noun and “junte” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#575
“junio” frequency rank
#30,538
“junte” frequency rank
31113
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature junio junte
Definition Sexto mes del año en el calendario gregoriano, entre mayo y julio. Dura treinta días. Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de juntar.

Where the eye mixes junio and junte

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
junio
5 ch
junte

Look-alike desk: junio vs junte

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: junio is [ˈxunjo] while junte is [ˈxũn̪t̪e]. 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 (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31113, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

junio is recorded at frequency rank #575, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈxunjo]. junte is at rank #30,538, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈxũn̪t̪e].

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 31113, this pair ranks #208,721 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of junio vs junte

Shared letters: jnu. Private to "junio": io. Private to "junte": et.

"junio" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "junte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • juniojjunio · jnuio · juino · junnio · junoi · ujnio
  • juntejjunte · jnute · junet · junnte · juntte · jutne · ujnte

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "junio" for "junte" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "junio" is a noun and "junte" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "junio" or "junte" show up more?
"junio" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #575 in our Spanish list, against #30,538 for "junte". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "junio" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "junte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #208,721 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "junio" and "junte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "juice vs junte". 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 #208,721 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