dition
"dition" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dition” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dominion; rule or power.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dition · dition · English
dition · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | dition |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “dition” in English
Rare enough to double-check
dition is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dominion; rule or power.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for dition, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin ditiō, diciō. Compare French dition. The correct English form is dition, spelled D-I-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Dominion; rule or power.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dition appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[B]y those many kings mentioned in the Old Testament, "thirty and one" in the little land of Canaan, (Joshua xii. 24,) is meant only toparchs, not great kings, but lords of a little dition and dominion; […]
Henry the Eight add[ed] the portcluse to his current money, as a character of his peculiar title to this dition
Etymology
From Latin ditiō, diciō. Compare French dition.
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.