juntevsjuntoWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#30,538
“junte” frequency rank
#418
“junto” frequency rank
30956
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature junte junto
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de juntar. Unido, cercano.

Where the eye mixes junte and junto

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

5 ch
junte
5 ch
junto

Visual trap between junte and junto

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: junte is [ˈxũn̪t̪e] while junto is [ˈxũn̪t̪o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - e in “junte” becomes o in “junto”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30956, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

junte is recorded at frequency rank #30,538, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈxũn̪t̪e]. 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 30956, this pair ranks #209,489 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of junte vs junto

Shared letters: jntu. Private to "junte": e. Private to "junto": o.

"junte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "junto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • juntejjunte · jnute · junet · junnte · juntte · jutne · ujnte
  • juntojjunto · jnuto · junnto · junot · juntto · jutno · ujnto

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "junte" for "junto" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "junte" is a verb and "junto" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "junte" or "junto"?
"junto" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #418 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.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "junte" 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 #209,489 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "junte" and "junto" 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 #209,489 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