dehydration

Name: dehydration, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/diːhaɪˈdɹeɪʃən/

//diːhaɪˈdɹeɪʃən// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“dehydration” has 18 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #19,307. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,307
frequency rank, English: 3,470
“D” headwords: 18
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act or process of removing water from something.

Corpus desk

Index EN-dehydration · dehydration · English

dehydration · rank #19,307 · 18 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #19,307
LEN-MEGA 11 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 18 variants
BOOK-MID 3,470
PHOTO-FINISH degraded

Nearest frequency peer: degraded (-1 rank slots)

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.

cursing

80,697
deadliest

80,696
degraded

80,695
dehydration

80,694
delights

80,693
denomination

80,692

What this shows “dehydration” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Key facts for dehydration
Property	Value
Headword	dehydration
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/diːhaɪˈdɹeɪʃən/
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#19,307
Misspellings tracked	18
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “dehydration”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).dehydrationlands here:

#19,307

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “degraded” (#19,306), “delights” (#19,308), “deadliest” (#19,305). Among 3,470 “D” headwords, “dehydration” is #19,307. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around dehydration (IPA /diːhaɪˈdɹeɪʃən/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,307 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for dehydration, with forms such as "ddehydration", "dehdyration", and "dehhydration". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From de- + hydration. The correct English form is dehydration, spelled D-E-H-Y-D-R-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

1
The act or process of removing water from something.
2
The condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels, usually caused by illness, sweating or by not drinking enough.

Etymology

From de- + hydration.

Synonyms

hypohydration

This word in other languages

deshidratación(Español)déshydratation(Français)Austrocknung(Deutsch)desidratação(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ddehydration
dehdyration
dehhydration
dehydartion
dehyddration
dehydraiton
dehydrasion
dehydratino
dehydrationn
dehydratoin
dehydrattion
dehydrration
dehydrtaion
dehyrdation
dehyydration
deyhdration
dheydration
edhydration

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dehydration - 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.

Edit distance from "dehydration"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dehydration"?

"dehydration" is spelled D-E-H-Y-D-R-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is /diːhaɪˈdɹeɪʃən/.

What does "dehydration" mean?

As a noun, "dehydration" means: The act or process of removing water from something.

What are common misspellings of "dehydration"?

Common misspellings include "ddehydration", "dehdyration", "dehhydration", "dehydartion", "dehyddration". The correct spelling is "dehydration".

How do you pronounce "dehydration"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dehydration" is /diːhaɪˈdɹeɪʃən/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What is the origin of the word "dehydration"?

From de- + hydration. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dehydration", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

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