justification

\ʒys.ti.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\

/\ʒys.ti.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“justification” has 19 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,344. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,344
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords
19
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de justifier quelqu’un, de se justifier ; preuves qui servent à justifier.

Corpus desk

Index FR-justification · justification · French

justification · rank #9,344 · 19 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,344
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 19 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH Jerry

Nearest frequency peer: Jerry (-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 « justification »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « justification » 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).

justification vs justifications
93% similar
justification vs justificatif
85% similar
justification vs justificatifs
85% similar

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

Key facts for justification
PropertyValue
Headwordjustification
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒys.ti.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\
Letters13
Frequency rank#9,344
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « justification »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).justificationse 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 « Jerry » (#9,343), « législative » (#9,345), « iront » (#9,342). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « justification » est au #9,344. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 19 spelling variants around justification (IPA \ʒys.ti.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,344 among 957 “J” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for justification, with forms such as "jjustification", "jsutification", and "jusitfication". 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. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "justifications", "justificatif", "justificatifs", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is justification, spelled J-U-S-T-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de justifier quelqu’un, de se justifier ; preuves qui servent à justifier.
  2. 2
    Preuve que l’on fait de quelque chose par titres, par témoins, etc.
  3. 3
    Action et effet de la grâce pour rendre les hommes justes.
  4. 4
    Longueur des lignes, leur nombre dans une page.
  5. 5
    Composition d’une ligne ajustée à une longueur déterminée.
  6. 6
    Longueur d’une ligne d’un texte justifié.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. J’entreprendrai leur justification. - Il sera reçu, admis à sa justification. - Je veux travailler à la justification de mon père.
  2. Ce mémoire contient ma justification, la justification de mes actes, de ma conduite.

Synonyms

justif

This word in other languages

justification(English)justificación(Español)Rechtfertigung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • jjustification
  • jsutification
  • jusitfication
  • jusstification
  • justfiication
  • justifciation
  • justiffication
  • justifiaction
  • justificaiton
  • justificatino
  • justificationn
  • justificatoin
  • justificattion
  • justificcation
  • justifictaion
  • justiifcation
  • justtification
  • jutsification
  • ujstification

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of justification - 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.

jjustification1jsutification2jusitfication2jusstification1justfiication2justifciation2justiffication1justifiaction2
Edit distance from "justification"

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 "justification"?
"justification" is spelled J-U-S-T-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒys.ti.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\.
What does "justification" mean?
As a noun, "justification" means: Action de justifier quelqu’un, de se justifier ; preuves qui servent à justifier.
What words are commonly confused with "justification"?
"justification" is commonly confused with "justifications", "justificatif", "justificatifs". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "justification"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "justification" is \ʒys.ti.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "justification" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list