judgment

/ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ.mənt/

//ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ.mənt// noun

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"judgment" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“judgment” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #4,459. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,459
frequency rank, English
796
“J” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of judging.

Corpus desk

Index EN-judgment · judgment · English

judgment · rank #4,459 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,459
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 796
  • PHOTO-FINISH involve

Nearest frequency peer: involve (-1 rank slots)

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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “judgment”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “judgment” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

judgment vs judgmental
80% similar
judgment vs judgement
89% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for judgment
PropertyValue
Headwordjudgment
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ.mənt/
Letters8
Frequency rank#4,459
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “judgment” sits in English frequency

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).judgmentlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “involve” (#4,458), “Kennedy” (#4,460), “intent” (#4,457). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around judgment (IPA /ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ.mənt/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,459 among 796 “J” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for judgment, with forms such as "jdugment", "jjudgment", and "juddgment". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "judgmental", "judgement", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English juggement, borrowed from Old French jugement, from Late Latin iūdicāmentum, from Latin iūdicō. Partially displaced doom. By surface analysis, judge + -ment. The correct English form is judgment, spelled J-U-D-G-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    The act of judging.
  2. 2
    The power or faculty of performing such operations; especially, when unqualified, the faculty of judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely.
  3. 3
    The conclusion or result of judging; an opinion; a decision.
  4. 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. 5
    The final award; the last sentence.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how judgment appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The key to the situation was judgment of the role the railways could play in modern times.
  2. a man of judgment / a man of good judgment

Etymology

From Middle English juggement, borrowed from Old French jugement, from Late Latin iūdicāmentum, from Latin iūdicō. Partially displaced doom. By surface analysis, judge + -ment.

This word in other languages

juicio(Español)jugement(Français)Urteil(Deutsch)juízo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • jdugment
  • jjudgment
  • juddgment
  • judgemnt
  • judggment
  • judgmennt
  • judgmentt
  • judgmetn
  • judgmment
  • judgmnet
  • judmgent
  • jugdment
  • ujdgment

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of judgment - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

jdugment2jjudgment1juddgment1judgemnt2judggment1judgmennt1judgmentt1judgmetn2
Edit distance from "judgment"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "judgment"?
"judgment" is spelled J-U-D-G-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ.mənt/.
What does "judgment" mean?
As a noun, "judgment" means: The act of judging.
What words are commonly confused with "judgment"?
"judgment" is commonly confused with "judgmental", "judgement". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "judgment"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "judgment" is /ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ.mənt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "judgment"?
From Middle English juggement, borrowed from Old French jugement, from Late Latin iūdicāmentum, from Latin iūdicō. Partially displaced doom. By surface analysis, judge + -ment. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "judgment", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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What to do next

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  • "judgment" maps to 2 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "judgmental". View pair
  • 13 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
  • Usage frequency rank #4,459 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list