ablactation
/ˌæb.lækˈteɪ.ʃn̩/
"ablactation" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ablactation” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The weaning of a child from the breast, or of young animals from their dam.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ablactation · ablactation · English
ablactation · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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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 | ablactation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌæb.lækˈteɪ.ʃn̩/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ablactation” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ablactation is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌæb.lækˈteɪ.ʃn̩/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for ablactation in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English ablactacioun from Late Latin ablactatio, ablactō (“to wean”) from ab (“without”) + lacto (“suckle”), from lac (“milk”); equivalent to ab- + lactation. The correct English form is ablactation, spelled A-B-L-A-C-T-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The weaning of a child from the breast, or of young animals from their dam.
- 2Inarching.
- 3a tempest
Etymology
From Middle English ablactacioun from Late Latin ablactatio, ablactō (“to wean”) from ab (“without”) + lacto (“suckle”), from lac (“milk”); equivalent to ab- + lactation.
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.