demotivation

noun

"demotivation" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“demotivation” 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) - A feeling or state of being demotivated.

Corpus desk

Index EN-demotivation · demotivation · English

demotivation · 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

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Key facts for demotivation
PropertyValue
Headworddemotivation
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “demotivation” in English

demotivationsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

demotivation is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A feeling or state of being demotivated.".

Zero misspellings are on record for demotivation in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From de- + motivation. The correct English form is demotivation, spelled D-E-M-O-T-I-V-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    A feeling or state of being demotivated.

Etymology

From de- + motivation.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "demotivation"?
"demotivation" is spelled D-E-M-O-T-I-V-A-T-I-O-N.
What does "demotivation" mean?
As a noun, "demotivation" means: A feeling or state of being demotivated.
What is the origin of the word "demotivation"?
From de- + motivation. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list