justice
/ˈd͡ʒʌs.tɪs/
"justice" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“justice” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #1,141 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,141
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The state or characteristic of being just or fair.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | justice |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈd͡ʒʌs.tɪs/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,141 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “justice” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for justice is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈd͡ʒʌs.tɪs/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,141 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for justice, with forms such as "jjustice", "jsutice", and "jusitce". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Justin", "justify", "Justine", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: 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 … The correct English form is justice, spelled J-U-S-T-I-C-E.
Definition
- 1The state or characteristic of being just or fair.
- 2The ideal of fairness, impartiality, etc., especially with regard to the punishment of wrongdoing.
- 3Judgment and punishment of a party who has allegedly wronged another.
- 4The civil power dealing with law.
- 5A title given to judges of certain courts; capitalized when placed before a name.
- 6Correctness, conforming to reality or rules.
Etymology
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).
Antonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: jjustice,jsutice,jusitce,jusstice,justcie,justicce,justiec,justtice,jutsice,ujstice
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of justice - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “justice”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is J-U-S-T-I-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈd͡ʒʌs.tɪs/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Justin” - see the side-by-side comparison. justice vs Justin
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.