abscission
/æbˈsɪ.ʃn̩/noun
abscission is spelled A-B-S-C-I-S-S-I-O-N: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 159,707th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, abscission means “The act or process of cutting off” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of abscission is abscissions.
How many letters and syllables are in abscission?
| Letters | 10: A-B-S-C-I-S-S-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 28 million words; the 159,707th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is abscission?
Abscission appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 159,707th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce abscission?
- US /æbˈsɪ.ʃn̩/
- US /æbˈsɪ.ʒn̩/
Abscission has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-abscission.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with abscission?
9 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as abscission from its last stressed vowel (/ɪʃn/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of abscission
- abscissions plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does abscission mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act or process of cutting off.
- 2
obsoleteThe state of being cut off.
- 3
A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly
- 4
The natural separation of a part at a predetermined location, such as a leaf at the base of the petiole.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Abscission in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense act of cutting off:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does abscission come from?
From Latin abscissiō, from abscindō (“to cut, to tear”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).