debilitation
/dɪbɪlɪˈteɪʃən/
"debilitation" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“debilitation” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act or process of debilitating, or the condition of one who is debilitated; weakness.
Corpus desk
Index EN-debilitation · debilitation · English
debilitation · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | debilitation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dɪbɪlɪˈteɪʃən/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “debilitation” in English
Rare enough to double-check
debilitation is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /dɪbɪlɪˈteɪʃən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The act or process of debilitating, or the condition of one who is debilitated; weakness.".
Zero misspellings are on record for debilitation in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French débilitation. The correct English form is debilitation, spelled D-E-B-I-L-I-T-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The act or process of debilitating, or the condition of one who is debilitated; weakness.
Etymology
From Middle French débilitation.
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.