justement

/\ʒys.tə.mɑ̃\/ adv

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,741

in French word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

justement is anFrenchadv. It means: Avec justice. Pronounced \ʒys.tə.mɑ̃\. It ranks #1,741 in French word frequency. Often confused with jugement.

Key facts for justement
PropertyValue
Headwordjustement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdv
IPA\ʒys.tə.mɑ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#1,741
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of justement in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for justement is 9 letters long, classified as anadv, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʒys.tə.mɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,741 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for justement, with forms such as "jjustement", "jsutement", and "jusetment". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "jugement", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is justement, spelled J-U-S-T-E-M-E-N-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Avec justice.
  2. 2
    Dans la juste proportion, ni plus ni moins qu’il ne faut, précisément.
  3. 3
    Qualifie qu'on vient de parler de telle ou telle chose/personne.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: jjustement,jsutement,jusetment,jusstement,justeemnt,justemennt,justementt,justemetn,justemment,justemnet,justmeent,justtement,jutsement,ujstement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for justement

Misspelling Variants of "justement"

jjustement10jsutement9jusetment9jusstement10justeemnt9justemennt10justementt10justemetn9
Misspelling Variants of "justement"

Frequency rank: #1,741 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "justement"?
"justement" is spelled J-U-S-T-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒys.tə.mɑ̃\.
What does "justement" mean?
As an adv, "justement" means: Avec justice.
What words are commonly confused with "justement"?
"justement" is commonly confused with "jugement". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "justement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "justement" is \ʒys.tə.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "justement" come from?
"justement" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.