Judith
\ʒy.dit\
The verdict
“Judith” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #14,496 in French word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #14,496
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Prénom féminin.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Judith |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ʒy.dit\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #14,496 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Judith” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for Judith is 6 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʒy.dit\. Corpus data places it at rank #14,496 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Prénom féminin.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Judith, with forms such as "jduith", "jjudith", and "juddith". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Judith, spelled J-U-D-I-T-H.
Definition
- 1Prénom féminin.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: jduith,jjudith,juddith,judiht,judithh,juditth,judtih,juidth,ujdith
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Judith - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Judith”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is J-U-D-I-T-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʒy.dit\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French 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.