edification
/ˌɛdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
"edification" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“edification” is uncommon English (frequency #67,393 among 18,836 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,393
- frequency rank, English
- 18,836
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The act of edifying, or the state of being edified or improved; a building process, especially morally, emotionally, or spiritually.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | edification |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌɛdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #67,393 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “edification” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
edification is uncommon English at frequency #67,393 among 18,836 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌɛdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for edification, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French, from Latin aedificationem (“building, construction”), an accusative form of aedificatio, from aedificare. The correct English form is edification, spelled E-D-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The act of edifying, or the state of being edified or improved; a building process, especially morally, emotionally, or spiritually.
- 2A building or edifice.
Etymology
From Old French, from Latin aedificationem (“building, construction”), an accusative form of aedificatio, from aedificare.
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); 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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Using “edification”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is E-D-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌɛdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.