juntovsjustoTell them apart

Which to use

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

#521
“junto” frequency rank
#2,195
“justo” frequency rank
2716
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature junto justo
Definition unido, ligado que age com justiça

Letter map: junto vs justo

Shared letters muted; letters that set junto and justo apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
junto
5 ch
justo

Spelling & dictionary notes on junto vs justo

junto and justo are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by a single letter - n in “junto” becomes s in “justo”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2716, 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/. 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 2716, this pair ranks #72,569 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of junto vs justo

Shared letters: jotu. Private to "junto": n. Private to "justo": s.

"junto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "justo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • juntojjunto · jnuto · junnto · junot · juntto · jutno · ujnto
  • justojjusto · jsuto · jusot · jussto · justto · jutso · ujsto

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "junto" for "justo" ever safe?
No. They differ by a single letter - n in “junto” becomes s in “justo”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "junto" vs "justo" - which ranks higher?
"junto" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #521 in our Portuguese list, against #2,195 for "justo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "junto" and "justo".

  • Full dictionary entry for "junto" 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 #72,569 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "junto" and "justo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "junco vs justo". 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 #72,569 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