juntavsjustoConfusable pair

Quick tell: junta is a noun, justo is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“junta” is a noun and “justo” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#3,417
“junta” frequency rank
#2,195
“justo” frequency rank
5612
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature junta justo
Definition encaixe para ligação de duas peças ou objetos que age com justiça

Letter map: junta vs justo

Shared letters muted; letters that set junta and justo apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
junta
5 ch
justo

Grammar separator: junta vs justo

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: junta is anoun and justoanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5612, 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/. justo is at rank #2,195, tagged as anadj.

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 5612, this pair ranks #68,967 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of junta vs justo

Shared letters: jtu. Private to "junta": an. Private to "justo": os.

"junta" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "justo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • juntajjunta · jnuta · junat · junnta · juntta · jutna · ujnta
  • justojjusto · jsuto · jusot · jussto · justto · jutso · ujsto

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "junta" for "justo" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "junta" is a noun and "justo" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "junta" vs "justo" - which ranks higher?
"justo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,195 in our Portuguese list, against #3,417 for "junta". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "junta" and "justo". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "junta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "justo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #68,967 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "junta" and "justo" 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 #68,967 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