“Judgment” or “Judgement”

Language

Judgment and judgement are both English terms.

Usage

Judgment is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (en-US) while judgement is predominantly used in 🇬🇧 British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

In terms of actual appearance and usage, here's a breakdown by country, with usage level out of 100 (if available) 👇:

Term	US	UK	India	Philippines	Canada	Australia	Liberia	Ireland	New Zealand	Jamaica	Trinidad & Tobago	Guyana
judgment	42	24	21	38	31	30	29	27	30	31	37	54
judgement	58	76	79	62	69	70	71	73	70	69	63	46

• In the United States, there is a 58 to 42 preference for "judgement" over "judgment".
• In the United Kingdom, there is a 76 to 24 preference for "judgement" over "judgment".
• In India, there is a 79 to 21 preference for "judgement" over "judgment".
• In the Philippines, there is a 62 to 38 preference for "judgement" over "judgment".
• In Canada, there is a 69 to 31 preference for "judgement" over "judgment".
• In Australia, there is a 70 to 30 preference for "judgement" over "judgment".
• In Liberia, there is a 71 to 29 preference for "judgement" over "judgment".
• In Ireland, there is a 73 to 27 preference for "judgement" over "judgment".
• In New Zealand, there is a 70 to 30 preference for "judgement" over "judgment".
• In Jamaica, there is a 69 to 31 preference for "judgement" over "judgment".
• In Trinidad & Tobago, there is a 63 to 37 preference for "judgement" over "judgment".
• In Guyana, there is a preference for "judgment" over "judgement" (54 to 46).

Examples

Below, we provide some examples of when to use judgment or judgement with sample sentences.

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