dissuasion
/dɪˈsweɪʒən/
"dissuasion" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dissuasion” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - the act or an instance of dissuading
Corpus desk
Index EN-dissuasion · dissuasion · English
dissuasion · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dissuasion |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dɪˈsweɪʒən/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “dissuasion” in English
Rare enough to double-check
dissuasion is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /dɪˈsweɪʒən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "the act or an instance of dissuading".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for dissuasion, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English dissuasioun, from Middle French dissuasion. The correct English form is dissuasion, spelled D-I-S-S-U-A-S-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1the act or an instance of dissuading
Etymology
From Middle English dissuasioun, from Middle French dissuasion.
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.