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
3,470
“D” headwords
20
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals or breeding plants.

Corpus desk

Index EN-domestication · domestication · English

domestication · rank #39,781 · 20 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #39,781
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 20 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,470
  • PHOTO-FINISH do's

Nearest frequency peer: do's (-1 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 “domestication”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “domestication” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for domestication
PropertyValue
Headworddomestication
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Frequency rank#39,781
Misspellings tracked20
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “domestication”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).domesticationlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “do's” (#39,780), “didactic” (#39,778), “Devos” (#39,777). Among 3,470 “D” headwords, “domestication” is #39,781. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 20 spelling variants around domestication, anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,781 among 3,470 “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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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "domestication", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list