jungvsjuntoWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#10,914
“jung” frequency rank
#521
“junto” frequency rank
11435
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature jung junto
Definition jovem unido, ligado

Where the eye mixes jung and junto

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

4 ch
jung
5 ch
junto

Why the eye confuses jung with junto

A purely visual mix-up. jung (/ˈjuŋ/) and junto (/ˈʒũ.tu/) 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 11435, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

jung is recorded at frequency rank #10,914, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈjuŋ/. junto is at rank #521, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈʒũ.tu/.

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 11435, this pair ranks #61,398 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of jung vs junto

Shared letters: jnu. Private to "jung": g. Private to "junto": ot.

"jung" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "junto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • jungjjung · jnug · jugn · jungg · junng · ujng
  • juntojjunto · jnuto · junnto · junot · juntto · jutno · ujnto

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "jung" and "junto" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (/ˈjuŋ/ versus /ˈʒũ.tu/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "jung" or "junto" show up more?
"junto" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #521 in our Portuguese list, against #10,914 for "jung". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "jung" 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 #61,398 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "jung" and "junto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "junco vs jung". 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 #61,398 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