defragmentation
/diːˌfɹæɡmənˈteɪʃən/
"defragmentation" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“defragmentation” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The action of defragmenting, particularly with respect to a computer disk or drive.
Corpus desk
Index EN-defragmentation · defragmentation · English
defragmentation · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 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 | defragmentation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /diːˌfɹæɡmənˈteɪʃən/ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “defragmentation” in English
Rare enough to double-check
defragmentation is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /diːˌfɹæɡmənˈteɪʃən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The action of defragmenting, particularly with respect to a computer disk or drive.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for defragmentation, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From defragment + -ation or de- + fragmentation. The correct English form is defragmentation, spelled D-E-F-R-A-G-M-E-N-T-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The action of defragmenting, particularly with respect to a computer disk or drive.
Etymology
From defragment + -ation or de- + fragmentation.
This word in other languages
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.