justice
jus·tice/ˈd͡ʒʌs.tɪs/noun
justice is spelled J-U-S-T-I-C-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables (jus·tice). It appears 93 times per million words in written English, the 1,144th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, justice means “The state or characteristic of being just or fair” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of justice is justices.
How many letters and syllables are in justice?
| Letters | 7: J-U-S-T-I-C-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: jus·tice |
| In writing | 93 times per million words; the 1,144th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is justice?
Justice appears 93 times per million words in written English, the 1,144th 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 justice?
- US /ˈd͡ʒʌs.tɪs/
- Australia /ˈd͡ʒɐs.tɪs/
- /ˈd͡ʒɐs.təs/
Justice has 2 syllables, split jus·tice in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-justice.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with justice?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as justice from its last stressed vowel (/ʌstɪs/):
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 justice
- justices plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does justice mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state or characteristic of being just or fair.
the justice of a description
- 2
The ideal of fairness, impartiality, etc., especially with regard to the punishment of wrongdoing.
Justice was served.
- 3
Judgment and punishment of a party who has allegedly wronged another.
to demand justice
- 4
The civil power dealing with law.
Ministry of Justice
- 5
A title given to judges of certain courts; capitalized when placed before a name.
Mr. Justice Krever presides over the appellate court
- 6
Correctness, conforming to reality or rules.
noun
- 1
The title of a justice of court.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Justice in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | justice , équité , conseiller |
| German | Gerechtigkeit , Genugtuung , Justiz |
| Portuguese | justiça, justeza , chefe de justiça |
| Spanish | justicia, justedad, justeza , juez , gura |
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 justice come from?
From Middle English justice, from Old French justise, justice (Modern French justice), from Latin iūstitia (“righteousness, equity”), from iūstus (“just”), from iūs (“right”), from Proto-Italic *jowos, perhaps literally "sacred formula", a word peculiar to Latin (not general Italic) that originated in the religious cults, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew-. Doublet of Justitia. Partly displaced native Old English rihtwīsnes (Modern English righteousness < rightwiseness).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).