justifie

\ʒys.ti.fi\

/\ʒys.ti.fi\/ verb

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The verdict

“justifie” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,107. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,107
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de justifier.

Corpus desk

Index FR-justifie · justifie · French

justifie · rank #6,107 · 11 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,107
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH litres

Nearest frequency peer: litres (+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 « justifie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « justifie » 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).

justifie vs justine
75% similar
justifie vs justifier
89% similar
justifie vs justifiée
89% similar

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

Key facts for justifie
PropertyValue
Headwordjustifie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʒys.ti.fi\
Letters8
Frequency rank#6,107
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « justifie »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.justifiese 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 « litres » (#6,108), « jet » (#6,105), « marbre » (#6,109). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « justifie » est au #6,107. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around justifie (IPA \ʒys.ti.fi\), averb. Corpus frequency is #6,107 among 957 “J” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for justifie, with forms such as "jjustifie", "jsutifie", and "jusitfie". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "justine", "justifier", "justifiée", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is justifie, spelled J-U-S-T-I-F-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de justifier.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de justifier.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de justifier.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de justifier.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de justifier.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. « Hier, ils ont exprimé leurs sentiments, leur colère. C’est légitime », justifie Britney, une stagiaire en mode, qui se balade sur la place Abbal, tandis que les nettoyeurs tentent d’effacer les balafres de la nuit.
  2. C’est là, justement, qu’intervient et que se justifie pleinement la recherche : elle seule permet de procéder aux recontextualisations indispensables à la compréhension d’un monde appelé, par la force des choses, à se babéliser chaque jour davantage, et non à se débabéliser au profit du « tout-à-l’anglais » – ce qui a profondément, soit dit au passage, ra…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • jjustifie
  • jsutifie
  • jusitfie
  • jusstifie
  • justfiie
  • justifei
  • justiffie
  • justiife
  • justtifie
  • jutsifie
  • ujstifie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

jjustifie1jsutifie2jusitfie2jusstifie1justfiie2justifei2justiffie1justiife2
Edit distance from "justifie"

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 "justifie"?
"justifie" is spelled J-U-S-T-I-F-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒys.ti.fi\.
What does "justifie" mean?
As a verb, "justifie" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de justifier.
What words are commonly confused with "justifie"?
"justifie" is commonly confused with "justine", "justifier", "justifiée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "justifie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "justifie" is \ʒys.ti.fi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "justifie" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

maturité#6,110innocent#6,103inconnus#6,102héritier#6,096

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

métrage11 variantsNorvège11 variantshésitez11 variantspaysans11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list