deification
"deification" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“deification” is uncommon English (frequency #88,258 among 26,416 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,258
- frequency rank, English
- 26,416
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The act of deifying; exaltation to divine honors; apotheosis.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | deification |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #88,258 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “deification” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
deification is uncommon English at frequency #88,258 among 26,416 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for deification, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English deificacion, from Middle French deifier + -acion or borrowed directly from Latin deificātiō(n), from deific(ā) (“deify”) + -tiō(n) (noun suffix), from de(i) (“god”) + -ficō (“make”). By surface analysis, deif(y) + -ication. * In the Chri… The correct English form is deification, spelled D-E-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The act of deifying; exaltation to divine honors; apotheosis.
- 2Excessive praise.
- 3A deified embodiment.
- 4Union with God; theosis.
Etymology
From Middle English deificacion, from Middle French deifier + -acion or borrowed directly from Latin deificātiō(n), from deific(ā) (“deify”) + -tiō(n) (noun suffix), from de(i) (“god”) + -ficō (“make”). By surface analysis, deif(y) + -ication. * In the Christian, theological sense, influenced by the use of deificātiō(n) as Latin translation of Byzantine Greek θέωσις (théōsis).
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); 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 “deification”
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- The one correct English spelling is D-E-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.