Which Is Correct Judgemental or Judgmental

Judgmental has the word judge at its root, which itself is from the Latin word judicem, which also means “to judge.” Judgemental (with an extra “e”) is considered a legitimate variant spelling of judgmental.

Why do you drop the E in judgment?

Basically, you want to make sure that keeping/removing the “e” doesn’t screw up how the word looks like it should be pronounced. In this case, it’s unclear which spelling of “judgment” best preserves the intended pronunciation.

Why is judgment misspelled?

The word “judgment” is also one that has a different spelling in America than it has in England. The British retained the extra “e”, while America disposed of it. … Fowler was writing his book on word usage, the single-e version of judgment was being used by a host of British writers. Fowler still prefers “judgement.”