jump to conclusions

verb

"jump-to-conclusions" is a 17-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“jump to conclusions” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
19
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To make conclusions before being presented with all the evidence.

Corpus desk

Index EN-jump-to-conclusions · jump to conclusions · English

jump to conclusions · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 19 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "J" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for jump to conclusions
PropertyValue
Headwordjump to conclusions
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters19
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “jump to conclusions” in English

jump to conclusionssits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

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

Rare enough to double-check

jump to conclusions is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To make conclusions before being presented with all the evidence.".

jump to conclusions doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is jump to conclusions, spelled J-U-M-P- -T-O- -C-O-N-C-L-U-S-I-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    To make conclusions before being presented with all the evidence.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Don't hold your breath and don't jump to conclusions, but there is likely to be an announcement about the future of the railways in the next few weeks - [...].

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 "jump to conclusions"?
"jump to conclusions" is spelled J-U-M-P- -T-O- -C-O-N-C-L-U-S-I-O-N-S.
What does "jump to conclusions" mean?
As a verb, "jump to conclusions" means: To make conclusions before being presented with all the evidence.
What language does "jump to conclusions" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list