Justus
\ˈjʊstʊs\
The verdict
“Justus” is uncommon French (frequency #80,335 among 47,938 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,335
- frequency rank, French
- 47,938
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Juste.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Justus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈjʊstʊs\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #80,335 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Justus” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Justus is uncommon French at frequency #80,335 among 47,938 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈjʊstʊs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Juste.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Justus in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Justus, spelled J-U-S-T-U-S.
Definition
- 1Juste.
Synonyms
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 “Justus”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is J-U-S-T-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ˈjʊstʊs\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.