cassation
/kæˈseɪʃən/
"cassation" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cassation” is uncommon English (frequency #64,248 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,248
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The abrogation of a law by a higher authority; annulment.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cassation · cassation · English
cassation · rank #64,248 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,248
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Carnes
Nearest frequency peer: Carnes (-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 “cassation”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- capsize
capsize
35,755 corpus weight
- Carnes
Carnes
35,754 corpus weight
- cassation
cassation
35,753 corpus weight
- castrate
castrate
35,751 corpus weight
- catheteriza…
catheterization
35,750 corpus weight
- CCU
CCU
35,747 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “cassation” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cassation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kæˈseɪʃən/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #64,248 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cassation” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cassation is uncommon English at frequency #64,248 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kæˈseɪʃən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The abrogation of a law by a higher authority; annulment.".
cassation doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. 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: From French cassation, from Latin cassō (“destroy, annul”). The correct English form is cassation, spelled C-A-S-S-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The abrogation of a law by a higher authority; annulment.
Etymology
From French cassation, from Latin cassō (“destroy, annul”).
Synonyms
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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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