Judgement or judgment?
judgement is a noun meaning “Alternative spelling of judgment”; judgment is a noun meaning “The act of judging”. Wiktionary gives them as spellings of the same word. In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) judgment is about 2.6 times as common as judgement.
What is the difference between judgement and judgment?
| judgement | judgment | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun | noun |
| Meaning | CommonwealthAlternative spelling of judgment | The act of judging The power or faculty of performing such operations; especially, when unqualified, the faculty of judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely |
| Example | none recorded | a man of judgment / a man of good judgment |
| Forms | judgements | judgments |
| Pronunciation | /ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ.mənt/ | /ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ.mənt/ /ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ.mɪnt/ |
| In writing | 7.2 times per million words | 19 times per million words |
Sources: judgement and judgment in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of judgement and judgment
judgement
- 1
CommonwealthAlternative spelling of judgment
judgment
- 1
The act of judging
- 2
The power or faculty of performing such operations; especially, when unqualified, the faculty of judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely
a man of judgment / a man of good judgment
- 3
The conclusion or result of judging; an opinion; a decision
- 4
The act of determining, as in courts of law, what is conformable to law and justice; also, the determination, decision, or sentence of a court, or of a judge
- 5
The final award; the last sentence
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, judgement or judgment?
judgement appears 7.2 times per million words; judgment 19 times per million words.
judgement 7.2 times per million wordsjudgment 19 times per million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How many people search judgement vs judgment?
“judgement vs judgment” is searched about 2,900 times a month on Google and 250 on Bing in the United States. Google counts close variants of a query together (“judgment vs judgement”, “judgement or judgment”).
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