adjudge
/əˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ/
"adjudge" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“adjudge” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To declare to be.
Corpus desk
Index EN-adjudge · adjudge · English
adjudge · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | adjudge |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /əˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “adjudge” in English
Rare enough to double-check
adjudge is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /əˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for adjudge in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English ajugen, adjugen, from Old French ajugier, from Latin adiudicare. Doublet of adjudicate. The correct English form is adjudge, spelled A-D-J-U-D-G-E.
Definition
- 1To declare to be.
- 2To deem or determine to be.
- 3To award judicially; to assign.
- 4To sentence; to condemn.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how adjudge appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
City felt they were victims of an injustice after 16 minutes when Silva's free-kick floated straight in, but French official Stephane Lannoy adjudged that Joleon Lescott had fouled keeper Jorg Butt.
19th c., James Russell Lowell, The Heritage What doth the poor man's son inherit? Wishes o'erjoyed with humble things, A rank adjudged by toil-won merit, Content that from employment springs
Etymology
From Middle English ajugen, adjugen, from Old French ajugier, from Latin adiudicare. Doublet of adjudicate.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.