Which to use
“junção” and “junco” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,540
- “junção” frequency rank
- #48,997
- “junco” frequency rank
- 62537
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | junção | junco |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato ou efeito de juntar | gênero botânico de plantas floríferas, pertencente à família Juncaceae; é um grupo de plantas semelhantes às gramíneas que crescem, em geral, nos alagadiços |
Where the eye mixes junção and junco
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: junção vs junco
A purely visual mix-up. junção (/ʒũ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) and junco (/ˈʒũ.ku/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62537, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
junção is recorded at frequency rank #13,540, classified as anoun, pronounced /ʒũ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. junco is at rank #48,997, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈʒũ.ku/.
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 62537, this pair ranks #6,617 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of junção vs junco
Shared letters: jnou. Private to "junção": ãç. Private to "junco": c.
"junção" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "junco" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- junco ← jjunco · jnuco · jucno · juncco · junnco · junoc · ujnco
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "junção" and "junco" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "junção" vs "junco" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "junção" and "junco" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "junção" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "junco" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #6,617 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "junção" and "junco" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "junco vs junio". 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 #6,617 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.