eviction
/ɪˈvɪk.ʃən/
"eviction" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“eviction” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #16,906. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,906
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of evicting.
Corpus desk
Index EN-eviction · eviction · English
eviction · rank #16,906 · 12 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,906
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH evergreen
Nearest frequency peer: evergreen (-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 “eviction”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- endowed
endowed
83,099 corpus weight
- enquiry
enquiry
83,098 corpus weight
- evasion
evasion
83,097 corpus weight
- evergreen
evergreen
83,096 corpus weight
- eviction
eviction
83,095 corpus weight
- expulsion
expulsion
83,091 corpus weight
What this shows “eviction” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | eviction |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɪˈvɪk.ʃən/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #16,906 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “eviction”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around eviction (IPA /ɪˈvɪk.ʃən/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,906 among 2,246 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for eviction, with forms such as "eivction", "evcition", and "evicction". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "evocation", "edition", "election", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Middle French éviction, from Late Latin ēvictiō, from Latin ēvincō. The correct English form is eviction, spelled E-V-I-C-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The act of evicting.
- 2The state of being evicted.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how eviction appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
order of eviction
face eviction
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French éviction, from Late Latin ēvictiō, from Latin ēvincō.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eivction
- evcition
- evicction
- eviciton
- evicsion
- evictino
- evictionn
- evictoin
- evicttion
- evitcion
- evviction
- veiction
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of eviction - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "eviction", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).