Judaic
/d͡ʒuˈdeɪ̯.ɪk/
"judaic" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Judaic” is an uncommon English word, ranked #69,166 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #69,166
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pertaining to the Jews, their culture or their religion.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Judaic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /d͡ʒuˈdeɪ̯.ɪk/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #69,166 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Judaic” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Judaic is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /d͡ʒuˈdeɪ̯.ɪk/. Corpus data places it at rank #69,166 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pertaining to the Jews, their culture or their religion.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Judaic, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Middle French judaique (modern French judaïque) and its etymon Latin iūdaicus, from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαϊκός (Ioudaïkós), ultimately from Hebrew יְהוּדָה (y'hudá, “Judah”). By surface analysis, Juda + -ic. Doublet of Jewy. The correct English form is Judaic, spelled J-U-D-A-I-C.
Definition
- 1Pertaining to the Jews, their culture or their religion.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French judaique (modern French judaïque) and its etymon Latin iūdaicus, from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαϊκός (Ioudaïkós), ultimately from Hebrew יְהוּדָה (y'hudá, “Judah”). By surface analysis, Juda + -ic. Doublet of Jewy.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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- The one correct English spelling is J-U-D-A-I-C - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.