adduction
/əˈdʌk.ʃn̩/
"adduction" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“adduction” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The act of adducing or bringing forward.
| 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) |
Where “adduction” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for adduction is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /əˈdʌk.ʃn̩/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
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.
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Using “adduction”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-D-D-U-C-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /əˈdʌk.ʃn̩/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.