juntovsjustConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#521
“junto” frequency rank
#5,218
“just” frequency rank
5739
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature junto just
Definition unido, ligado justo

Where the eye mixes junto and just

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

5 ch
junto
4 ch
just

Look-alike desk: junto vs just

A purely visual mix-up. junto (/ˈʒũ.tu/) and just (/ˈdʒʌst/) 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 5739, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

junto is recorded at frequency rank #521, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈʒũ.tu/. just is at rank #5,218, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈdʒʌst/.

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 5739, this pair ranks #68,826 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of junto vs just

Shared letters: jtu. Private to "junto": no. Private to "just": s.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • juntojjunto · jnuto · junnto · junot · juntto · jutno · ujnto
  • justjjust · jsut · jusst · justt · juts · ujst

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "junto" and "just" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (/ˈʒũ.tu/ versus /ˈdʒʌst/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "junto" or "just" show up more?
"junto" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #521 in our Portuguese list, against #5,218 for "just". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "junto" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "just" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #68,826 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "junto" and "just" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "junco vs junto". 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 #68,826 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