desecration
/dɛ.sɪˈkɹeɪ.ʃən/
"desecration" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“desecration” has 17 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #39,774. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,774
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An act of disrespect or impiety towards something considered sacred.
Corpus desk
Index EN-desecration · desecration · English
desecration · rank #39,774 · 17 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,774
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH dendritic
Nearest frequency peer: dendritic (-2 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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “desecration”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Darien
Darien
60,232 corpus weight
- dendritic
dendritic
60,229 corpus weight
- desecration
desecration
60,227 corpus weight
- devo
devo
60,225 corpus weight
- Devos
Devos
60,224 corpus weight
- didactic
didactic
60,223 corpus weight
What this shows “desecration” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | desecration |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dɛ.sɪˈkɹeɪ.ʃən/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #39,774 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “desecration”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around desecration (IPA /dɛ.sɪˈkɹeɪ.ʃən/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,774 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "An act of disrespect or impiety towards something considered sacred.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for desecration, with forms such as "ddesecration", "deescration", and "desceration". 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 also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "desertion", "desperation", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is desecration, spelled D-E-S-E-C-R-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1An act of disrespect or impiety towards something considered sacred.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how desecration appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It seemed a desecration and an unhallowed thing to touch that sleeping image of the live man by my side.
In the same year as the Furness objection, sadder tidings befell St Pancras Priory at Lewes, in East Sussex. Despite it having the distinction of being the earliest Cluniac monastery in Great Britain, petitions to prevent the Brighton Lewes & Hastings Railway from imposing on its site with its Lewes line failed. The line was approved and, as if as an act…
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddesecration
- deescration
- desceration
- desecartion
- deseccration
- desecraiton
- desecrasion
- desecratino
- desecrationn
- desecratoin
- desecrattion
- desecrration
- desecrtaion
- desercation
- dessecration
- dseecration
- edsecration
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of desecration - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).