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Which to use

“June” and “junta” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#10,550
“June” frequency rank
#3,417
“junta” frequency rank
13967
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature June junta
Definition junho encaixe para ligação de duas peças ou objetos

Where the eye mixes June and junta

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

4 ch
June
5 ch
junta

Visual trap between June and junta

A purely visual mix-up. June (/d͡ʒuːn/ ouvir^(fonte ?)) and junta (/ˈʒũ.tɐ/) 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 13967, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

June is recorded at frequency rank #10,550, classified as anoun, pronounced /d͡ʒuːn/ ouvir^(fonte ?). junta is at rank #3,417, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈʒũ.tɐ/.

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 13967, this pair ranks #58,238 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of June vs junta

Shared letters: jnu. Private to "June": e. Private to "junta": at.

"June" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "junta" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Junejjune · jnue · juen · junne · ujne
  • juntajjunta · jnuta · junat · junnta · juntta · jutna · ujnta

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "June" for "junta" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/d͡ʒuːn/ ouvir^(fonte ?) versus /ˈʒũ.tɐ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "June" or "junta"?
"junta" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,417 in our Portuguese list, against #10,550 for "June". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "June" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "junta" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #58,238 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "June" and "junta" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "junco vs June". 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 #58,238 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list