justice

[ʒys.tis]

/[ʒys.tis]/ noun

The verdict

“justice” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #18,942. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,942
frequency rank, German
699
“J” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-justice · justice · German

justice · rank #18,942 · 10 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,942
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 699
  • PHOTO-FINISH Karre

Nearest frequency peer: Karre (+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 „justice“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „justice“ 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).

justice vs Justiz
57% similar
justice vs Justin
57% similar
justice vs Justine
71% similar

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

Key facts for justice
PropertyValue
Headwordjustice
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʒys.tis]
Letters7
Frequency rank#18,942
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „justice“

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Karre“ (#18,943), „Jackpot“ (#18,940), „Kelch“ (#18,944). Unter 699 „J“-Lemmata liegt „justice“ bei #18,942. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around justice (IPA [ʒys.tis]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,942 among 699 “J” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Justiz".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for justice, with forms such as "jjustice", "jsutice", and "jusitce". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Justiz", "Justin", "Justine", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is justice, spelled J-U-S-T-I-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Justiz

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • jjustice
  • jsutice
  • jusitce
  • jusstice
  • justcie
  • justicce
  • justiec
  • justtice
  • jutsice
  • ujstice

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of justice - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

jjustice1jsutice2jusitce2jusstice1justcie2justicce1justiec2justtice1
Edit distance from "justice"

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 "justice"?
"justice" is spelled J-U-S-T-I-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ʒys.tis].
What does "justice" mean?
As a noun, "justice" means: Justiz
What words are commonly confused with "justice"?
"justice" is commonly confused with "Justiz", "Justin", "Justine". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "justice"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "justice" is [ʒys.tis]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "justice" come from?
"justice" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list