Which to use
“junta” and “justa” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,417
- “junta” frequency rank
- #5,016
- “justa” frequency rank
- 8433
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | junta | justa |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | encaixe para ligação de duas peças ou objetos | combate entre dois cavaleiros armados de lança |
Where the eye mixes junta and justa
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: junta vs justa
A purely visual mix-up. junta (/ˈʒũ.tɐ/) and justa (/ˈʒuʃ.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 a single letter - n in “junta” becomes s in “justa”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8433, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
junta is recorded at frequency rank #3,417, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈʒũ.tɐ/. justa is at rank #5,016, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈʒuʃ.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 8433, this pair ranks #65,330 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of junta vs justa
Shared letters: ajtu. Private to "junta": n. Private to "justa": s.
"junta" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "justa" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "junta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "justa" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #65,330 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "junta" and "justa" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "junco vs junta". 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 #65,330 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.