jurisdiction
ju·ris·dic·tion/d͡ʒʊɹɪsˈdɪkʃən/noun
jurisdiction is spelled J-U-R-I-S-D-I-C-T-I-O-N, 4 syllables: ju·ris·dic·tion. The wrong spelling people search most is juristiction: about 170 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 23 of all searches for the word. Jurisdiction is a noun meaning “The power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law”. The plural of jurisdiction is jurisdictions.
How many letters and syllables are in jurisdiction?
| Letters | 12: J-U-R-I-S-D-I-C-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: ju·ris·dic·tion |
| In writing | 13 times per million words; the 6,047th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, juristiction, about 170 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell jurisdiction?
Jurisdiction is spelled J-U-R-I-S-D-I-C-T-I-O-N. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 23 of the searches for jurisdiction in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is jurisdiction?
Jurisdiction appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 6,047th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce jurisdiction?
- US /d͡ʒʊɹɪsˈdɪkʃən/
- US /d͡ʒɝɪsˈdɪkʃən/
- US /d͡ʒʊɹɪz-/
Jurisdiction has 4 syllables, split ju·ris·dic·tion in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-jurisdiction.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with jurisdiction?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as jurisdiction from its last stressed vowel (/ɪkʃən/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of jurisdiction
- jurisdictions plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does jurisdiction mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law.
legal jurisdiction
- 2
The power or right to exercise authority.
outside the jurisdiction of
- 3
The power or right to perform some action as part of applying the law.
Police officers have no jurisdiction in that district.
- 4
The authority of a sovereign power to govern or legislate.
- 5
The limits or territory within which authority may be exercised.
The United Kingdom consists of three jurisdictions: England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate jurisdiction?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of jurisdiction: juris..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Jurisdiction in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | juridiction |
| German | Jurisdiktion |
| Portuguese | competência, jurisdição |
| Spanish | jurisdicción |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does jurisdiction come from?
Borrowed from Latin iūrisdictiō.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).