jugglery

noun

"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

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Key facts for jugglery
PropertyValue
Headwordjugglery
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “jugglery” in English

juggleryranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Witchcraft, sorcery; magical trickery, legerdemain.
  2. 2
    Trickery or deception in general, or an instance of such.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. 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.
  2. [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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "jugglery"?
"jugglery" is spelled J-U-G-G-L-E-R-Y.
What does "jugglery" mean?
As a noun, "jugglery" means: Witchcraft, sorcery; magical trickery, legerdemain.
What is the origin of the word "jugglery"?
From Old French juglerie, jouglerie, from jouglere (“juggler”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list