actuation
/ˈækt͡ʃu.eɪʃən/
"actuation" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“actuation” is uncommon English (frequency #56,567 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,567
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of putting into motion.
Corpus desk
Index EN-actuation · actuation · English
actuation · rank #56,567 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,567
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH acidosis
Nearest frequency peer: acidosis (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “actuation”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- academician
academician
43,437 corpus weight
- acetylene
acetylene
43,436 corpus weight
- acidosis
acidosis
43,435 corpus weight
- actuation
actuation
43,434 corpus weight
- adrenergic
adrenergic
43,431 corpus weight
- aliphatic
aliphatic
43,429 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “actuation” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | actuation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈækt͡ʃu.eɪʃən/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #56,567 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “actuation” in English
Rare enough to double-check
actuation is uncommon English at frequency #56,567 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈækt͡ʃu.eɪʃən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The act of putting into motion.".
No misspelling variants are generated for actuation in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From actuate + -ion. The correct English form is actuation, spelled A-C-T-U-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The act of putting into motion.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how actuation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Although an operator presses the button, the actuation is done by an immense series of levers and cranks.
All the outside passenger doors are fitted with drop windows and outside actuation locks, and each end of the car has a Pullman type gangway.
Etymology
From actuate + -ion.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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