abjection
/æbˈd͡ʒɛk.ʃn̩/
"abjection" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“abjection” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A low or downcast condition; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-abjection · abjection · English
abjection · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abjection |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /æbˈd͡ʒɛk.ʃn̩/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “abjection” in English
Rare enough to double-check
abjection is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /æbˈd͡ʒɛk.ʃn̩/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for abjection, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English abjeccioun, from either Middle French abjection or Late Latin abiectiōn-, from Latin abiectus (“cast down”). * See abject. The correct English form is abjection, spelled A-B-J-E-C-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1A low or downcast condition; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation.
- 2Something cast off; garbage.
- 3The act of bringing down or humbling; casting down.
- 4The act of casting off; rejection.
- 5The fact of being marginalized as deviant.
- 6The act of dispersing or casting off spores.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abjection appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
an abjection from the beatific regions where God, and his angels and saints, dwell forever
The abjection of the king and his realm.
Etymology
From Middle English abjeccioun, from either Middle French abjection or Late Latin abiectiōn-, from Latin abiectus (“cast down”). * See abject.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.