judge

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/[…]/ noun

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The verdict

“judge” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #37,006. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,006
frequency rank, German
699
“J” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Richter

Corpus desk

Index DE-judge · judge · German

judge · rank #37,006 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,006
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 699
  • PHOTO-FINISH Justizvollzug…

Nearest frequency peer: Justizvollzugsanstalt (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „judge“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „judge“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

judge vs jung
60% similar
judge vs Judo
40% similar
judge vs June
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for judge
PropertyValue
Headwordjudge
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters5
Frequency rank#37,006
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „judge“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).judgeliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Justizvollzugsanstalt“ (#37,007), „jedweder“ (#37,004), „jämmerlich“ (#37,008). Unter 699 „J“-Lemmata liegt „judge“ bei #37,006. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around judge (IPA […]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,006 among 699 “J” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for judge, with forms such as "jduge", "jjudge", and "juddge". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "jung", "Judo", "June", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is judge, spelled J-U-D-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Richter
  2. 2
    Schiedsrichter, Preisrichter
  3. 3
    Kenner, Sachverständiger

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how judge appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Tell the judge I'm a nice nigga, good nigga.“

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • jduge
  • jjudge
  • juddge
  • judeg
  • judgge
  • jugde
  • ujdge

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of judge - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

jduge2jjudge1juddge1judeg2judgge1jugde2ujdge2
Edit distance from "judge"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "judge"?
"judge" is spelled J-U-D-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "judge" mean?
As a noun, "judge" means: Richter
What words are commonly confused with "judge"?
"judge" is commonly confused with "jung", "Judo", "June". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "judge"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "judge" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "judge" come from?
"judge" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "judge", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hanks#36,977Hakan#36,975gütig#36,974Kübel#37,039

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Knarre7 variantsKümmel7 variantsDüsen7 variantsPuste7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list