justificatory
/d͡ʒəˈstɪ.fə.kəˌtɔ.ɹi/adjective
justificatory is an adjective meaning “Providing or related to justification; justificational” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled J-U-S-T-I-F-I-C-A-T-O-R-Y and has 6 syllables, and it appears about once in every 79 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does justificatory mean?
adjective
- 1
Providing or related to justification; justificational.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce justificatory?
- UK /ˈd͡ʒʌstɪfəˌkeɪt(ə)ɹi/
- US /d͡ʒəˈstɪ.fə.kəˌtɔ.ɹi/
- US /ˈd͡ʒʌs.tɪ.fəˌkeɪ.tə.ɹi/
Justificatory has 6 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-justificatory.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
How common is justificatory?
Justificatory appears about once in every 79 million words in written English, the 282,993rd 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).
Justificatory in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense providing justification:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | justificateur |
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.