juntarvsjuntoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: juntar is a verb, junto is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“juntar” is a verb and “junto” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#7,742
“juntar” frequency rank
#418
“junto” frequency rank
8160
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature juntar junto
Definition Unir dos o más cosas. Unido, cercano.

Where the eye mixes juntar and junto

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

6 ch
juntar
5 ch
junto

Look-alike desk: juntar vs junto

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: juntar is [xũn̪ˈt̪aɾ] while junto is [ˈxũn̪t̪o]. 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 adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8160, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

juntar is recorded at frequency rank #7,742, classified as averb, pronounced [xũn̪ˈt̪aɾ]. junto is at rank #418, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈxũn̪t̪o].

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 8160, this pair ranks #305,817 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of juntar vs junto

Shared letters: jntu. Private to "juntar": ar. Private to "junto": o.

"juntar" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "junto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • juntarjjuntar · jnutar · junatr · junntar · juntarr · juntra · junttar · jutnar
  • juntojjunto · jnuto · junnto · junot · juntto · jutno · ujnto

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "juntar" and "junto" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "juntar" is a verb and "junto" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "juntar" or "junto" show up more?
"junto" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #418 in our Spanish list, against #7,742 for "juntar". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "juntar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "junto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #305,817 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "juntar" and "junto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "juntaba vs juntar". 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 #305,817 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