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judgement

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Detailed reference entry for the English word "judgement", 9-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Hunspell error dictionaries, and usage frequency ranked against the top 100,000 English words in the Wordfreq corpus. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "judgement" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "judgement" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.

judgement is aEnglishnoun. It means: Alternative spelling of judgment. Pronounced /ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ.mənt/. It ranks #8,808 in English word frequency. Often confused with judgment and judgemental.

Key facts for judgement
PropertyValue
Headwordjudgement
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ.mənt/
Letters9
Frequency rank#8,808
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of judgement in English word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for judgement is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ.mənt/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,808 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Alternative spelling of judgment.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for judgement, with forms such as "jdugement", "jjudgement", and "juddgement". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "judgment", "judgemental", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is judgement, spelled J-U-D-G-E-M-E-N-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of judgment.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: jdugement,jjudgement,juddgement,judegment,judgeemnt,judgemennt,judgementt,judgemetn,judgemment,judgemnet,judggement,judgmeent,jugdement,ujdgement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for judgement

Misspelling Variants of "judgement"

jdugement9jjudgement10juddgement10judegment9judgeemnt9judgemennt10judgementt10judgemetn9
Misspelling Variants of "judgement"

Frequency rank: #8,808 in English

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "judgement"?
"judgement" is spelled J-U-D-G-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ.mənt/.
What does "judgement" mean?
As a noun, "judgement" means: Alternative spelling of judgment.
What words are commonly confused with "judgement"?
"judgement" is commonly confused with "judgment", "judgemental". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "judgement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "judgement" is /ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ.mənt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "judgement" come from?
"judgement" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.