jugglery
"jugglery" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“jugglery” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Witchcraft, sorcery; magical trickery, legerdemain.
Corpus desk
Index EN-jugglery · jugglery · English
jugglery · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "J" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jugglery |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “jugglery” in English
Rare enough to double-check
jugglery is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for jugglery in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French juglerie, jouglerie, from jouglere (“juggler”). The correct English form is jugglery, spelled J-U-G-G-L-E-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Witchcraft, sorcery; magical trickery, legerdemain.
- 2Trickery or deception in general, or an instance of such.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how jugglery appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Omens were expounded, dreams were interpreted, and other tricks of jugglery perhaps resorted to, by which the pretended adepts of the period deceived and fascinated their deluded followers.
[T]he vessel swarmed with the most hideous apparitions. […] But Huldbrand was indignant at such unsightly jugglery [translating Gaukeleien].
Etymology
From Old French juglerie, jouglerie, from jouglere (“juggler”).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.