adduction
/əˈdʌk.ʃn̩/
"adduction" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“adduction” 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) - The act of adducing or bringing forward.
Corpus desk
Index EN-adduction · adduction · English
adduction · 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 | adduction |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /əˈdʌk.ʃn̩/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “adduction” in English
Rare enough to double-check
adduction is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /əˈdʌk.ʃn̩/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
adduction doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin adductio, adductionis, from adducō (“I bring to myself”), from ad + ducō (“I lead”). Compare French adduction. Equivalent to adduct + -ion or adduce + -tion. See adduce. The correct English form is adduction, spelled A-D-D-U-C-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The act of adducing or bringing forward.
- 2The action by which the parts of the body are drawn towards its axis
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how adduction appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
an adduction of facts gathered from various quarters
Coordinate term: circumduction
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin adductio, adductionis, from adducō (“I bring to myself”), from ad + ducō (“I lead”). Compare French adduction. Equivalent to adduct + -ion or adduce + -tion. See adduce.
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.