concision
/kənˈsɪʒən/
"concision" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“concision” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of conciseness (“brevity or terseness”).
Corpus desk
Index EN-concision · concision · English
concision · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | concision |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kənˈsɪʒən/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “concision” in English
Rare enough to double-check
concision is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /kənˈsɪʒən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for concision, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French concision, from Latin concisiō(n). The correct English form is concision, spelled C-O-N-C-I-S-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Synonym of conciseness (“brevity or terseness”).
- 2A form of media censorship where discussions are limited in topics on the basis of broadcast time allotments.
- 3A cutting off; a division; a schism or faction.
- 4Mutilation.
- 5penile mutilation, emasculation (used as a polemical term in Paul's epistles)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how concision appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
those of the Concision who made it
Etymology
Borrowed from French concision, from Latin concisiō(n).
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.