judgment
/ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ.mɪnt/noun
judgment is spelled J-U-D-G-M-E-N-T: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 19 times per million words in written English, the 4,444th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “judgement vs judgment” about 2,900 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, judgment means “The act of judging” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of judgment is judgments.
How many letters and syllables are in judgment?
| Letters | 8: J-U-D-G-M-E-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 19 times per million words; the 4,444th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is judgment?
Judgment appears 19 times per million words in written English, the 4,444th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce judgment?
- /ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ.mənt/
- US /ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ.mɪnt/
Judgment has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-judgment.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Simplificationalizer-judgment.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with judgment
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: judgement.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of judgment
- judgments plural
- judgement
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does judgment mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of judging.
- 2
The power or faculty of performing such operations; especially, when unqualified, the faculty of judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely.
a man of judgment / a man of good judgment
- 3
The conclusion or result of judging; an opinion; a decision.
- 4
The act of determining, as in courts of law, what is conformable to law and justice; also, the determination, decision, or sentence of a court, or of a judge.
- 5
The final award; the last sentence.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate judgment?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of judgment: judgt..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Judgment in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | jugement , sentence, verdict , jugement dernier |
| German | Urteil , Beurteilung , Urteilsvermögen, Urteilskraft , Richtspruch, Richterspruch |
| Portuguese | juízo, julgamento , sentenciamento |
| Spanish | juicio, juzgamiento , laudo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does judgment come from?
From Middle English juggement, borrowed from Old French jugement, from Late Latin iūdicāmentum, from Latin iūdicō. Partially displaced doom. By surface analysis, judge + -ment.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).