Which to use
“jantar” is a noun and “juntar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,055
- “jantar” frequency rank
- #2,582
- “juntar” frequency rank
- 4637
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | jantar | juntar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | refeição que se come no final do dia ou início da noite | alisar com a junteira as tábuas a sobrepor |
Where the eye mixes jantar and juntar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. jantar and juntar follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses jantar with juntar
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: jantar is /ʒɐ̃.ˈtaɾ/ while juntar is /ʒũ.ˈtaɾ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “jantar” becomes u in “juntar”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4637, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
jantar is recorded at frequency rank #2,055, classified as anoun, pronounced /ʒɐ̃.ˈtaɾ/. juntar is at rank #2,582, tagged as averb, pronounced /ʒũ.ˈtaɾ/.
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 4637, this pair ranks #70,192 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of jantar vs juntar
Shared letters: ajnrt. Private to "jantar": -. Private to "juntar": u.
"jantar" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "juntar" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "jantar" and "juntar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "jantar" or "juntar"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "jantar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "juntar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #70,192 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "jantar" and "juntar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "jantar vs January". 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 #70,192 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.