juridiction

\ʒy.ʁi.dik.sjɔ̃\

/\ʒy.ʁi.dik.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“juridiction” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,970. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,970
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pouvoir d'un juge de rendre la justice.

Corpus desk

Index FR-juridiction · juridiction · French

juridiction · rank #6,970 · 16 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,970
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH Jessica

Nearest frequency peer: Jessica (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « juridiction »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « juridiction » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

juridiction vs juridictions
92% similar

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

Key facts for juridiction
PropertyValue
Headwordjuridiction
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒy.ʁi.dik.sjɔ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#6,970
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « juridiction »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.juridictionse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Jessica » (#6,969), « ken » (#6,971), « intrigue » (#6,968). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « juridiction » est au #6,970. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around juridiction (IPA \ʒy.ʁi.dik.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,970 among 957 “J” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for juridiction, with forms such as "jjuridiction", "jruidiction", and "juirdiction". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "juridictions", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is juridiction, spelled J-U-R-I-D-I-C-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pouvoir d'un juge de rendre la justice.
  2. 2
    Ressort, étendue du lieu où le juge a le pouvoir de juger.
  3. 3
    Tribunal, service public de l'État, ayant pour fonction de juger les différends qui lui sont déférés.
  4. 4
    Ensemble des tribunaux de même degré ou de même classe.
  5. 5
    Attribution de compétence conférée par la loi.
  6. 6
    Se dit à quelqu’un qui se mêle d’une chose qu’il n’entend pas.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Juridiction ecclésiastique.
  2. Juridiction laïque.

Synonyms

tribunal

This word in other languages

jurisdiction(English)jurisdicción(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • jjuridiction
  • jruidiction
  • juirdiction
  • jurdiiction
  • juridcition
  • juriddiction
  • juridicction
  • juridiciton
  • juridictino
  • juridictionn
  • juridictoin
  • juridicttion
  • juriditcion
  • juriidction
  • jurridiction
  • ujridiction

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of juridiction - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

jjuridiction1jruidiction2juirdiction2jurdiiction2juridcition2juriddiction1juridicction1juridiciton2
Edit distance from "juridiction"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "juridiction"?
"juridiction" is spelled J-U-R-I-D-I-C-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒy.ʁi.dik.sjɔ̃\.
What does "juridiction" mean?
As a noun, "juridiction" means: Pouvoir d'un juge de rendre la justice.
What words are commonly confused with "juridiction"?
"juridiction" is commonly confused with "juridictions". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "juridiction"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "juridiction" is \ʒy.ʁi.dik.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "juridiction" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list