Justine

name

"justine" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Justine” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #21,836. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,836
frequency rank, English
796
“J” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A female given name from Latin.

Corpus desk

Index EN-justine · Justine · English

Justine · rank #21,836 · 10 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,836
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 796
  • PHOTO-FINISH Jesuit

Nearest frequency peer: Jesuit (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Justine”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “Justine” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Justine vs jutting
57% similar
Justine vs Justin
86% similar
Justine vs justice
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Justine
PropertyValue
HeadwordJustine
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters7
Frequency rank#21,836
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Justine”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).Justinelands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “Jesuit” (#21,835), “ire” (#21,834), “kiddo” (#21,838). Among 796 “J” headwords, “Justine” is #21,836. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Justine, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #21,836 among 796 “J” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Justine, with forms such as "jjustine", "jsutine", and "jusitne". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "jutting", "Justin", "justice", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: From French Justine, from Latin Iūstīna, name of early saints, feminine of Iūstīnus, derivative of Iūstus, from iūstus (“just”). The feminine equivalent of Justin. The correct English form is Justine, spelled J-U-S-T-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    A female given name from Latin.
  2. 2
    A male given name from French and Latin, of chiefly Philippine usage, variant of Justin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Justine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. O you who have wept tears upon hearing of Virtue's miseries; you who have been moved to sympathy for the woe-ridden Justine; the while forgiving the perhaps too heavy brushstrokes we have found ourselves compelled to employ, may you at least extract from this story the same moral which determined Madame de Lorsange!
  2. "What are you going to call your noisy daughter?" he asked as the door closed and they were alone. "Justine." "It's a very good name, but why did you choose it?" "I read it somewhere, and I liked it."

Etymology

From French Justine, from Latin Iūstīna, name of early saints, feminine of Iūstīnus, derivative of Iūstus, from iūstus (“just”). The feminine equivalent of Justin.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • jjustine
  • jsutine
  • jusitne
  • jusstine
  • justien
  • justinne
  • justnie
  • justtine
  • jutsine
  • ujstine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Justine - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

jjustine1jsutine2jusitne2jusstine1justien2justinne1justnie2justtine1
Edit distance from "Justine"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Justine"?
"Justine" is spelled J-U-S-T-I-N-E.
What does "Justine" mean?
As a proper noun, "Justine" means: A female given name from Latin.
What words are commonly confused with "Justine"?
"Justine" is commonly confused with "jutting", "Justin", "justice". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What is the origin of the word "Justine"?
From French Justine, from Latin Iūstīna, name of early saints, feminine of Iūstīnus, derivative of Iūstus, from iūstus (“just”). The feminine equivalent of Justin. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Justine", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list