coronation
/kɒɹəˈneɪʃn̩/
"coronation" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“coronation” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #15,993 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #15,993
- frequency rank, English
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An act of investing with a crown; a crowning.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coronation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɒɹəˈneɪʃn̩/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #15,993 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “coronation” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for coronation is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kɒɹəˈneɪʃn̩/. Corpus data places it at rank #15,993 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for coronation, with forms such as "ccoronation", "coornation", and "cornoation". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "corporation", "carnation", "coloration", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Late Middle English coronacion, coronacioun (“crowning of a sovereign or his consort; powers conferred by this ceremony; crowning of the Virgin Mary; (figuratively) placing of a crown of thorns on Jesus; act of rewarding a person with eternal life, hap… The correct English form is coronation, spelled C-O-R-O-N-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1An act of investing with a crown; a crowning.
- 2An act of investing with a crown; a crowning.
- 3A completion or culmination of something.
- 4A success in the face of little or no opposition.
- 5In the game of checkers or draughts: the act of turning a checker into a king when it has reached the farthest row forward.
Etymology
From Late Middle English coronacion, coronacioun (“crowning of a sovereign or his consort; powers conferred by this ceremony; crowning of the Virgin Mary; (figuratively) placing of a crown of thorns on Jesus; act of rewarding a person with eternal life, happiness, honour, etc.”) [and other forms], borrowed from Anglo-Norman coronacion and Old French coronacion, coronation, from Late Latin *corōnātiōnem, from Latin corōnō (“to coronate, crown (with a crown, garland, etc.)”) + -ātiōnem (suffix forming nouns relating to actions or their results). Corōnō is derived from corōna (“garland, wreath; crown”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccoronation,coornation,cornoation,coroantion,coronaiton,coronasion,coronatino,coronationn,coronatoin,coronattion,coronnation,corontaion,corronation,croonation,ocronation
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of coronation - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “coronation”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-R-O-N-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kɒɹəˈneɪʃn̩/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “corporation” - see the side-by-side comparison. coronation vs corporation
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.