judgy
/ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒi/
"judgy" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“judgy” is uncommon English (frequency #80,583 among 796 “J” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,583
- frequency rank, English
- 796
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Inclined to make (disapproving) judgments; judgmental.
Corpus desk
Index EN-judgy · judgy · English
judgy · rank #80,583 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,583
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 796
- PHOTO-FINISH JEP
Nearest frequency peer: JEP (-2 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.
Long-tail ranks near “judgy”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Jayanti
Jayanti
19,423 corpus weight
- Jedburgh
Jedburgh
19,422 corpus weight
- jeer
jeer
19,421 corpus weight
- JEP
JEP
19,420 corpus weight
- judgy
judgy
19,418 corpus weight
- Kafr
Kafr
19,414 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “judgy” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | judgy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒi/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #80,583 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “judgy” in English
Rare enough to double-check
judgy is uncommon English at frequency #80,583 among 796 “J” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Inclined to make (disapproving) judgments; judgmental.".
judgy has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From judge + -y, late 2000s. The correct English form is judgy, spelled J-U-D-G-Y.
Definition
- 1Inclined to make (disapproving) judgments; judgmental.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how judgy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
But when he just announced, matter-of-factly, that he really liked pot, and hash, and acid, and speed, and meth, and coke, well…it kind of seemed like, I don't know, everybody has a hobby. I shouldn't be so judgy.
I can't blame her for thinking this way. Because until very recently, I had bought into it all too. “Don't get all judgy, Mel," she says.
Etymology
From judge + -y, late 2000s.
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); 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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