“Judgment” or “Judgement”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 1 prefer “judgment” and 11 prefer “judgement”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	judgment	judgement	Preference
United States	42	58	“judgement”
United Kingdom	24	76	“judgement”
India	21	79	“judgement”
Philippines	38	62	“judgement”
Canada	31	69	“judgement”
Australia	30	70	“judgement”
Liberia	29	71	“judgement”
Ireland	27	73	“judgement”
New Zealand	30	70	“judgement”
Jamaica	31	69	“judgement”
Trinidad & Tobago	37	63	“judgement”
Guyana	54	46	“judgment”

Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“judgment”

Jehovah's Judgment Against Law-Defying People (Noah and…
The investigative judgment commenced in 1844 "at the…
…had to sit alone in judgment.
…not subject to such harsh judgment, and was practiced by doctors…
…taken the representation) — 5:2 judgment in favour of Ždanoka (2004),…
The appeal was from a judgment of the Court of Queen's…
This task, like the acceptability judgment task, ensures that subjects are…
…age, ability, experience, education, exhibited judgment, conduct, and appreciation of relevant…
…still prevailed of accepting the judgment of the western world in…
…the school may make a judgment as to whether to count…

“judgement”

…in paragraph 210 of his judgement:
…Court of United States delivers judgement on just 120 cases in…
…a feature-length documentary titled Hadwin’s Judgement by filmmaker Sasha Snow.
The emphasis on scenes of judgement may have been influenced by…
…because of the new generation's judgement of it as being irrelevant…
Attacks of his judgement due to the spelling of…
…a fictional take on the judgement of Ajmal Kasab and was…
1984: Evil Judgement
…registered their disapproval of the judgement, and Stephen Fry offered to…
…passing through the gates of judgement

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