Judgemental or judgmental?
judgemental is an adjective meaning “Alternative spelling of judgmental”; judgmental is an adjective meaning “Of or relating to judgment”. Wiktionary gives them as spellings of the same word. In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) judgmental is about 2.7 times as common as judgemental.
What is the difference between judgemental and judgmental?
| judgemental | judgmental | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | adjective | adjective |
| Meaning | Alternative spelling of judgmental | Of or relating to judgment Inclined to rashly pass judgment, critical |
| Example | none recorded | none recorded |
| Pronunciation | /d͡ʒʌd͡ʒˈmɛn.təl/ [d͡ʒʌd͡ʒˈmɛn.tl̩] /d͡ʒad͡ʒˈmen.təl/ | /d͡ʒʌd͡ʒˈmɛntl̩/ /ˌd͡ʒʌd͡ʒˈmɛnt(ə)l/ |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words | 1.6 times per million words |
Sources: judgemental and judgmental 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 judgemental and judgmental
judgemental
- 1
Alternative spelling of judgmental
judgmental
- 1
Of or relating to judgment
- 2
Inclined to rashly pass judgment, critical
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, judgemental or judgmental?
judgemental appears about once in every 2 million words; judgmental 1.6 times per million words.
judgemental about once in every 2 million wordsjudgmental 1.6 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 judgemental vs judgmental?
“judgemental vs judgmental” is searched about 110 times a month on Google and 10 on Bing in the United States. Google counts close variants of a query together (“judgmental vs judgemental”, “judgemental or judgmental”).
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