elision
/ɪˈlɪʒ.(ə)n̩/
"elision" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“elision” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The deliberate omission of something.
Corpus desk
Index EN-elision · elision · English
elision · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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 | elision |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɪˈlɪʒ.(ə)n̩/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “elision” in English
Rare enough to double-check
elision is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɪˈlɪʒ.(ə)n̩/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
elision has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin ēlīsion-, the stem of ēlīsio (“striking out, forcing out”). The correct English form is elision, spelled E-L-I-S-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The deliberate omission of something.
- 2The omission of a letter or syllable between two words or inside a word; sometimes marked with an apostrophe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how elision appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
See also: contraction, apheresis, apocope, syncope
Etymology
From Latin ēlīsion-, the stem of ēlīsio (“striking out, forcing out”).
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.