juntavsjuntenWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#1,513
“junta” frequency rank
#31,410
“junten” frequency rank
32923
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature junta junten
Definition Reunión de un grupo de personas para tratar un tema. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de juntar o de juntarse.

Where the eye mixes junta and junten

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

5 ch
junta
6 ch
junten

Look-alike desk: junta vs junten

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: junta is [ˈxũn̪t̪a] while junten is [ˈxũn̪t̪ẽn]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32923, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

junta is recorded at frequency rank #1,513, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈxũn̪t̪a]. junten is at rank #31,410, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈxũn̪t̪ẽn].

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 32923, this pair ranks #199,472 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of junta vs junten

Shared letters: jntu. Private to "junta": a. Private to "junten": e.

"junta" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "junten" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • juntajjunta · jnuta · junat · junnta · juntta · jutna · ujnta
  • juntenjjunten · jnuten · junetn · junnten · juntenn · juntne · juntten · jutnen

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "junta" for "junten" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "junta" is a noun and "junten" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "junta" or "junten" show up more?
"junta" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,513 in our Spanish list, against #31,410 for "junten". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "junta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "junten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #199,472 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "junta" and "junten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "junte vs junten". 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 #199,472 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