injudicious
/ˌɪnd͡ʒʊˈdɪʃəs/
"injudicious" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“injudicious” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Showing poor judgement; not well judged.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | injudicious |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌɪnd͡ʒʊˈdɪʃəs/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “injudicious” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
injudicious is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˌɪnd͡ʒʊˈdɪʃəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Showing poor judgement; not well judged.".
injudicious doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From in- + judicious. The correct English form is injudicious, spelled I-N-J-U-D-I-C-I-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Showing poor judgement; not well judged.
Etymology
From in- + judicious.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “injudicious”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is I-N-J-U-D-I-C-I-O-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌɪnd͡ʒʊˈdɪʃəs/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.