deification

noun

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"deification" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“deification” is uncommon English (frequency #88,258 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,258
frequency rank, English
3,470
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of deifying; exaltation to divine honors; apotheosis.

Corpus desk

Index EN-deification · deification · English

deification · rank #88,258 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #88,258
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,470
  • PHOTO-FINISH DeFi

Nearest frequency peer: DeFi (-1 rank slots)

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Long-tail ranks near “deification”

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corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “deification” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for deification
PropertyValue
Headworddeification
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#88,258
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “deification” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).deificationfalls in this rarity band:

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The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “DeFi” (#88,257), “decaffeinated” (#88,254), “demonise” (#88,263). Among 3,470 “D” headwords, “deification” is #88,258. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

deification is uncommon English at frequency #88,258 among 3,470 “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

  1. 1
    The act of deifying; exaltation to divine honors; apotheosis.
  2. 2
    Excessive praise.
  3. 3
    A deified embodiment.
  4. 4
    Union with God; theosis.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how deification appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. We went through the main hall, four-armed Amaat looming, the air still smelling of incense and the heap of flowers at the god's feet and knees, back to a tiny chapel tucked into a corner, dedicated to an old and now-obscure provincial god, one of those personifications of abstract concepts so many pantheons hold, in this case a deification of legitimate p…
  2. There is an experiential component to Maximos’ writings: he draws upon the reality of the contemplative life and in doing so secures deification as the goal of the monastic spiritual life in Orthodoxy.

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).

Synonyms

divinisationdivinizationapotheosiseuhemerization

This word in other languages

déification(Français)Vergötterung(Deutsch)

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 "deification"?
"deification" is spelled D-E-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N.
What does "deification" mean?
As a noun, "deification" means: The act of deifying; exaltation to divine honors; apotheosis.
What is the origin of the word "deification"?
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. * I... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Same letter count

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list