justifier

\ʒys.ti.fje\

/\ʒys.ti.fje\/ verb

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The verdict

“justifier” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,465. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,465
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Montrer la vérité de ce qu’on avance, de ce qu’on allègue.

Corpus desk

Index FR-justifier · justifier · French

justifier · rank #3,465 · 13 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,465
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH italienne

Nearest frequency peer: italienne (-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 « justifier »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « justifier » 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).

justifier vs Justinien
67% similar
justifier vs justifiés
78% similar
justifier vs justifiez
89% similar

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

Key facts for justifier
PropertyValue
Headwordjustifier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʒys.ti.fje\
Letters9
Frequency rank#3,465
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « justifier »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).justifierse 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 « italienne » (#3,464), « kim » (#3,466), « intelligent » (#3,463). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « justifier » est au #3,465. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around justifier (IPA \ʒys.ti.fje\), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,465 among 957 “J” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for justifier, with forms such as "jjustifier", "jsutifier", and "jusitfier". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "Justinien", "justifiés", "justifiez", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is justifier, spelled J-U-S-T-I-F-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Montrer la vérité de ce qu’on avance, de ce qu’on allègue.
  2. 2
    Rendre juste par l’action de la grâce.
  3. 3
    Montrer, prouver, déclarer que quelqu’un est innocent, qu’il ne mérite pas de châtiment, de blâme.
  4. 4
    Faire qu’une chose soit juste, légitime.
  5. 5
    Prouver, faire voir qu’une chose n’était pas fausse, erronée, mal fondée.
  6. 6
    Expliquer les raisons de ses actes.
  7. 7
    Donner à une ligne la longueur qu’elle doit avoir, à une page le nombre de lignes qu’elle doit avoir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Justifier un fait. — Ce que j’avance, je puis le justifier par des faits.
  2. Il justifiait sa noblesse de père en fils, depuis quatre cents ans, par des titres authentiques.

Synonyms

expliquer

This word in other languages

excuse(English)legitimar(Español)rechtfertigen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • jjustifier
  • jsutifier
  • jusitfier
  • jusstifier
  • justfiier
  • justifeir
  • justiffier
  • justifierr
  • justifire
  • justiifer
  • justtifier
  • jutsifier
  • ujstifier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

jjustifier1jsutifier2jusitfier2jusstifier1justfiier2justifeir2justiffier1justifierr1
Edit distance from "justifier"

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 "justifier"?
"justifier" is spelled J-U-S-T-I-F-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒys.ti.fje\.
What does "justifier" mean?
As a verb, "justifier" means: Montrer la vérité de ce qu’on avance, de ce qu’on allègue.
What words are commonly confused with "justifier"?
"justifier" is commonly confused with "Justinien", "justifiés", "justifiez". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "justifier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "justifier" is \ʒys.ti.fje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "justifier" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

italienne#3,464effectuer#3,455dimension#3,451originale#3,480

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

Barcelone13 variantsassistance13 variantsquasiment13 variantsutilisent13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list