Which to use
“juntaban” is a verb and “juntada” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #46,624
- “juntaban” frequency rank
- #30,973
- “juntada” frequency rank
- 77597
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | juntaban | juntada |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de juntar. | Forma del femenino de juntado, participio de juntar o de juntarse. |
Where the eye mixes juntaban and juntada
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. juntaban runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against juntada's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: juntaban vs juntada
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: juntaban is [xũn̪ˈt̪aβ̞ãn] while juntada is [xũn̪ˈt̪að̞a]. 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 (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77597, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
juntaban is recorded at frequency rank #46,624, classified as averb, pronounced [xũn̪ˈt̪aβ̞ãn]. juntada is at rank #30,973, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [xũn̪ˈt̪að̞a].
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 77597, this pair ranks #15,762 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of juntaban vs juntada
Shared letters: ajntu. Private to "juntaban": b. Private to "juntada": d.
"juntaban" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "juntada" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "juntaban" for "juntada" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "juntaban" and "juntada" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "juntaban" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "juntada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #15,762 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "juntaban" and "juntada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "juntaba vs juntaban". 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 #15,762 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.