calcification
/ˌkælsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
"calcification" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“calcification” is uncommon English (frequency #58,578 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,578
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The process of change into a stony or calcareous substance by the deposition of lime salt; normally, as in the formation of bone and of teeth; abnormally, as in the calcareous degeneration of tissue.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | calcification |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌkælsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #58,578 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “calcification” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
calcification is uncommon English at frequency #58,578 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌkælsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The process of change into a stony or calcareous substance by the deposition of lime salt; normally, as in the formation of bone and of teeth; abnormally, as in the calcareous degeneration of tissue.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for calcification in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From calcify + -ation. The correct English form is calcification, spelled C-A-L-C-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The process of change into a stony or calcareous substance by the deposition of lime salt; normally, as in the formation of bone and of teeth; abnormally, as in the calcareous degeneration of tissue.
Etymology
From calcify + -ation.
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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Using “calcification”
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- The one correct English spelling is C-A-L-C-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.