commixtion
/kəˈmɪkst͡ʃən/
"commixtion" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“commixtion” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The action of mixing or blending together; commingling.
Corpus desk
Index EN-commixtion · commixtion · English
commixtion · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | commixtion |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kəˈmɪkst͡ʃən/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “commixtion” in English
Rare enough to double-check
commixtion is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /kəˈmɪkst͡ʃən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
commixtion doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English commixtion, from Middle French commixtion, and its source, Latin commixtiōnem, from commiscēre (“to mix”). The correct English form is commixtion, spelled C-O-M-M-I-X-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The action of mixing or blending together; commingling.
- 2The blending (of wines, etc.); garbling.
- 3Coition; copulation; sexual intercourse.
- 4Commixture; a commixed condition or state.
- 5A mixture; a compound.
- 6A method of acquiring property by mixing or blending substances belonging to different proprietors.
- 7The putting of a small piece of the host into the chalice during Mass, typifying the reunion of body and soul at the resurrection.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how commixtion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Of that commixtion they did then beget / This helliſh Dog, that hight the Blatant Beaſt; […]
Etymology
From Middle English commixtion, from Middle French commixtion, and its source, Latin commixtiōnem, from commiscēre (“to mix”).
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.