connexion
/kəˈnɛkʃən/
"connexion" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“connexion” is uncommon English (frequency #55,340 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,340
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Uncommon spelling of connection.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | connexion |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kəˈnɛkʃən/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #55,340 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “connexion” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
connexion is uncommon English at frequency #55,340 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kəˈnɛkʃən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
connexion has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English connexioun, from Latin connexiō (“a conclusion, binding together”), from connectō. The correct English form is connexion, spelled C-O-N-N-E-X-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Uncommon spelling of connection.
- 2A Methodist denomination as a whole, as opposed to its constituent churches, circuits, districts and conferences (US spelling: connection).
- 3The inter-relationship of prayer groups or religious societies under the oversight of an itinerant preacher who is assisted by the local preachers attached to each society.
Etymology
From Middle English connexioun, from Latin connexiō (“a conclusion, binding together”), from connectō.
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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Using “connexion”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-N-N-E-X-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.