judiciously
"judiciously" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“judiciously” is uncommon English (frequency #58,126 among 796 “J” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,126
- frequency rank, English
- 796
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a judicious manner.
Corpus desk
Index EN-judiciously · judiciously · English
judiciously · rank #58,126 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,126
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 796
- PHOTO-FINISH junky
Nearest frequency peer: junky (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “judiciously”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- jaywalking
jaywalking
41,879 corpus weight
- Jenga
Jenga
41,878 corpus weight
- jinks
jinks
41,877 corpus weight
- judiciously
judiciously
41,875 corpus weight
- junky
junky
41,874 corpus weight
- Kachin
Kachin
41,873 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “judiciously” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | judiciously |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #58,126 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “judiciously” in English
Rare enough to double-check
judiciously is uncommon English at frequency #58,126 among 796 “J” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In a judicious manner.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for judiciously in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From judicious + -ly. The correct English form is judiciously, spelled J-U-D-I-C-I-O-U-S-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a judicious manner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how judiciously appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She knows how to ask questions judiciously: and it is a first requisite to make people feel it is easy to answer you; and, also, that their answer reflects credit on themselves.
“That applies to Tylenol tomorrow the same as it does today, the same as it did yesterday. That is the standard of care: to only use medications when indicated during pregnancy and judiciously,” Dr. DeNicola said.
Etymology
From judicious + -ly.
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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