# justifiable

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #24,214

## Definitions
1. That can be justified.
2. Describing an illegal and intentional act that is nevertheless not blameworthy, for example because its positive consequences outweighed the bad. Distinguished from excusable, describing an involuntary illegal act.

## Etymology
From Middle French justifiable. By surface analysis, justify + -able.

## Easily confused with
- **justifiably** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/justifiable-vs-justifiably)

## Common misspellings (17)
`jjustifiable`, `jsutifiable`, `jusitfiable`, `jusstifiable`, `justfiiable`, `justifaible`, `justiffiable`, `justifiabble`, `justifiabel`, `justifiablle`, `justifialbe`, `justifibale`, `justifiible`, `justiifable`, `justtifiable`, `jutsifiable`, `ujstifiable`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/justifiable