judiciously

adv

"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

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “judiciously” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for judiciously
PropertyValue
Headwordjudiciously
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdverb
Letters11
Frequency rank#58,126
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “judiciously” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).judiciouslyfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “junky” (#58,127), “jinks” (#58,124), “Kachin” (#58,128). Among 796 “J” headwords, “judiciously” is #58,126. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    In a judicious manner.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. 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.
  2. “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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "judiciously"?
"judiciously" is spelled J-U-D-I-C-I-O-U-S-L-Y.
What does "judiciously" mean?
As an adverb, "judiciously" means: In a judicious manner.
What is the origin of the word "judiciously"?
From judicious + -ly. 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 "judiciously", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list