cession
/ˈsɛʃən/
"cession" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cession” is uncommon English (frequency #57,931 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,931
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - That which is ceded.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cession · cession · English
cession · rank #57,931 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,931
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH centralize
Nearest frequency peer: centralize (-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 “cession”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- catastrophi…
catastrophically
42,074 corpus weight
- Catriona
Catriona
42,073 corpus weight
- centralize
centralize
42,071 corpus weight
- cession
cession
42,070 corpus weight
- Chadian
Chadian
42,069 corpus weight
- chaplaincy
chaplaincy
42,066 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “cession” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cession |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsɛʃən/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #57,931 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cession” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cession is uncommon English at frequency #57,931 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsɛʃən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for cession in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French cession, from Latin cessionem, from past participle of cēdere (“to yield”). By surface analysis, cede + -sion. The correct English form is cession, spelled C-E-S-S-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1That which is ceded.
- 2That which is ceded.
- 3The giving up of rights, property etc. which one is entitled to.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cession appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The reinsurance company accepted a 25% cession from the direct insurer.
[…] Rashleigh, whose occasions frequently call him elsewhere, has generously made a cession of his rights in my favour; so that I now endeavour to prosecute alone the studies in which he used formerly to be my guide.
Etymology
From Middle French cession, from Latin cessionem, from past participle of cēdere (“to yield”). By surface analysis, cede + -sion.
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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