English homophones
judgement/judgment
"judgment" (#4,459 written frequency) beats "judgement" (#8,808) in this 2-word /ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ.mənt/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ.mənt/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "judgment" leads at #4,459, with "judgement" trailing at #8,808.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "judg" then splits - "judgement" (9 letters) vs "judgment" (8).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across judgement, judgment: degjmntu. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
judgement
9 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVCCVCVCC
Inventory degjmntu · no private letters vs siblings
judgment
8 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCCVCC
Inventory degjmntu · no private letters vs siblings
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "judgement" when you mean: Alternative spelling of judgment.
- Write "judgment" when you mean: The act of judging.
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.
Each spelling
Nearby English homophone groups
What to do next
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- "judgment" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #4,459 in English). Full entry
- Among English homophone groups, a cluster of 2 spellings ranks #133 by size (1,007 groups in this vintage). Corpus statistics
- Explore a nearby 2-spelling cluster: Joan · Joanne. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "judgement, judgment" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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