junta

//ˈʒũ.tɐ// noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,417

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

junta is aPortuguesenoun. It means: encaixe para ligação de duas peças ou objetos Pronounced /ˈʒũ.tɐ/. It ranks #3,417 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with just and jura.

Key facts for junta
PropertyValue
Headwordjunta
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈʒũ.tɐ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,417
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of junta in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for junta is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈʒũ.tɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #3,417 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for junta, with forms such as "jjunta", "jnuta", and "junat". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "just", "jura", "junto", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is junta, spelled J-U-N-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    encaixe para ligação de duas peças ou objetos
  2. 2
    assembleia
  3. 3
    parelha de bois ou vacas
  4. 4
    conferência de médicos
  5. 5
    articulação de dois ossos

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: jjunta,jnuta,junat,junnta,juntta,jutna,ujnta

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for junta

Misspelling Variants of "junta"

jjunta6jnuta5junat5junnta6juntta6jutna5ujnta5
Misspelling Variants of "junta"

Frequency rank: #3,417 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "junta"?
"junta" is spelled J-U-N-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈʒũ.tɐ/.
What does "junta" mean?
As a noun, "junta" means: encaixe para ligação de duas peças ou objetos
What words are commonly confused with "junta"?
"junta" is commonly confused with "just", "jura", "junto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "junta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "junta" is /ˈʒũ.tɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "junta" come from?
"junta" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter J in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.