justice
\ʒys.tis\
The verdict
“justice” is in the everyday core of French, ranked #628 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #628
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sentiment de donner à chacun ce qu’il mérite, de manière juste en respectant tous les droits d’autrui.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | justice |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒys.tis\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #628 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “justice” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for justice is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʒys.tis\. Corpus data places it at rank #628 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for justice, with forms such as "jjustice", "jsutice", and "jusitce". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Justin", "justine", "justifie", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is justice, spelled J-U-S-T-I-C-E.
Definition
- 1Sentiment de donner à chacun ce qu’il mérite, de manière juste en respectant tous les droits d’autrui.
- 2Institution ou pouvoir qui permet de faire respecter les droits de chacun, en punissant tout particulièrement ceux qui ont mal agi.
- 3Bon droit.
- 4Action de reconnaître le droit de quelqu’un à quelque chose, d’accueillir sa plainte, etc. Action d’accorder à une personne ce qu’elle demande et qu’il est juste qu’elle obtienne.
- 5Les tribunaux, les officiers et magistrats qui sont chargés d’administrer la justice.
- 6Juridiction.
- 7Rectitude que Dieu met dans l’âme par sa grâce.
- 8Observation exacte des devoirs de la religion.
- 9Lieu où étaient dressées les fourches de justice, c’est-à-dire le gibet.
- 10Huitième atout du tarot de Marseille.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: jjustice,jsutice,jusitce,jusstice,justcie,justicce,justiec,justtice,jutsice,ujstice
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of justice - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “justice”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is J-U-S-T-I-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʒys.tis\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Justin” - see the side-by-side comparison. justice vs Justin
- 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.