domestication

noun

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"domestication" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“domestication” has 20 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #39,781. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,781
frequency rank, English
26,416
“D” headwords
20
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals or breeding plants.

Key facts for domestication
PropertyValue
Headworddomestication
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Frequency rank#39,781
Misspellings tracked20
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “domestication” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). domestication lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 20 spelling variants around domestication, anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,781 among 26,416 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for domestication, with forms such as "ddomestication", "dmoestication", and "doemstication". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From domesticate + -ion. The correct English form is domestication, spelled D-O-M-E-S-T-I-C-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals or breeding plants.
  2. 2
    The act of domesticating, or making a legal instrument recognized and enforceable in a jurisdiction foreign to the one in which the instrument was originally issued or created.
  3. 3
    The act of domesticating a text.

Etymology

From domesticate + -ion.

This word in other languages

domesticación(Español)domestication(Français)Domestizierung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddomestication
  • dmoestication
  • doemstication
  • domesitcation
  • domesstication
  • domestciation
  • domestiaction
  • domesticaiton
  • domesticasion
  • domesticatino
  • domesticationn
  • domesticatoin
  • domesticattion
  • domesticcation
  • domestictaion
  • domesttication
  • dometsication
  • dommestication
  • domsetication
  • odmestication

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of domestication - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ddomestication1dmoestication2doemstication2domesitcation2domesstication1domestciation2domestiaction2domesticaiton2
Edit distance from "domestication"

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 "domestication"?
"domestication" is spelled D-O-M-E-S-T-I-C-A-T-I-O-N.
What does "domestication" mean?
As a noun, "domestication" means: The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals or breeding plants.
What are common misspellings of "domestication"?
Common misspellings include "ddomestication", "dmoestication", "doemstication", "domesitcation", "domesstication". The correct spelling is "domestication".
What is the origin of the word "domestication"?
From domesticate + -ion. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “domestication”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is D-O-M-E-S-T-I-C-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Same frequency band

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list