chlorination
/ˌklɒ.ɹɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
"chlorination" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“chlorination” is uncommon English (frequency #79,378 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,378
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act or process of chlorinating something; especially, the addition of chlorine to water to purify it, and a process for the extraction of gold by exposure of the auriferous material to chlorine...
Corpus desk
Index EN-chlorination · chlorination · English
chlorination · rank #79,378 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,378
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH chron
Nearest frequency peer: chron (+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 “chlorination”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- cheesecloth
cheesecloth
20,629 corpus weight
- chesty
chesty
20,628 corpus weight
- Chiao
Chiao
20,626 corpus weight
- chiaroscuro
chiaroscuro
20,625 corpus weight
- chlorination
chlorination
20,623 corpus weight
- chron
chron
20,622 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “chlorination” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chlorination |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌklɒ.ɹɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #79,378 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “chlorination” in English
Rare enough to double-check
chlorination is uncommon English at frequency #79,378 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌklɒ.ɹɪˈneɪ.ʃən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The act or process of chlorinating something; especially, the addition of chlorine to water to purify it, and a process for the extraction of gold by exposure of the auriferous material to chlorine...".
chlorination doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From chlorinate + -ion. The correct English form is chlorination, spelled C-H-L-O-R-I-N-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The act or process of chlorinating something; especially, the addition of chlorine to water to purify it, and a process for the extraction of gold by exposure of the auriferous material to chlorine gas.
Etymology
From chlorinate + -ion.
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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