excommunication

/ɛkskəmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃən/

//ɛkskəmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃən// noun

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"excommunication" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“excommunication” has 21 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #41,619. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,619
frequency rank, English
2,246
“E” headwords
21
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting; especially an ecclesiastical censure whereby the person against whom it is pronounced is, for the time, cast out of the communication of t...

Corpus desk

Index EN-excommunication · excommunication · English

excommunication · rank #41,619 · 21 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,619
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 21 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,246
  • PHOTO-FINISH exclusionary

Nearest frequency peer: exclusionary (-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 “excommunication”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “excommunication” 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 excommunication
PropertyValue
Headwordexcommunication
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɛkskəmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃən/
Letters15
Frequency rank#41,619
Misspellings tracked21
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “excommunication”

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).excommunicationlands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “exclusionary” (#41,618), “excavator” (#41,617), “FAFSA” (#41,621). Among 2,246 “E” headwords, “excommunication” is #41,619. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 21 spelling variants around excommunication (IPA /ɛkskəmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃən/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,619 among 2,246 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting; especially an ecclesiastical censure whereby the person against whom it is pronounced is, for the time, cast out of the communication of t...".

Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for excommunication, with forms such as "ecxommunication", "exccommunication", and "excmomunication". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English excommunicacion, from Late Latin excommūnicātiō. By surface analysis, excommunicate + -ion. Displaced native Old English āmǣnsumung. The correct English form is excommunication, spelled E-X-C-O-M-M-U-N-I-C-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    The act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting; especially an ecclesiastical censure whereby the person against whom it is pronounced is, for the time, cast out of the communication of the church; exclusion from fellowship in things spiritual.

Etymology

From Middle English excommunicacion, from Late Latin excommūnicātiō. By surface analysis, excommunicate + -ion. Displaced native Old English āmǣnsumung.

Synonyms

disfellowshipment

This word in other languages

excomunión(Español)excommunication(Français)Exkommunikation(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ecxommunication
  • exccommunication
  • excmomunication
  • excommnuication
  • excommuincation
  • excommunciation
  • excommuniaction
  • excommunicaiton
  • excommunicasion
  • excommunicatino
  • excommunicationn
  • excommunicatoin
  • excommunicattion
  • excommuniccation
  • excommunictaion
  • excommunnication
  • excomumnication
  • excomunication
  • exocmmunication
  • exxcommunication
  • xecommunication

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of excommunication - 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.

ecxommunication2exccommunication1excmomunication2excommnuication2excommuincation2excommunciation2excommuniaction2excommunicaiton2
Edit distance from "excommunication"

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 "excommunication"?
"excommunication" is spelled E-X-C-O-M-M-U-N-I-C-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is /ɛkskəmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃən/.
What does "excommunication" mean?
As a noun, "excommunication" means: The act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting; especially an ecclesiastical censure whereby the person against whom it is pronounced is, for the time, cast out of the communication of t...
What are common misspellings of "excommunication"?
Common misspellings include "ecxommunication", "exccommunication", "excmomunication", "excommnuication", "excommuincation". The correct spelling is "excommunication".
How do you pronounce "excommunication"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "excommunication" is /ɛkskəmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃən/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "excommunication"?
From Middle English excommunicacion, from Late Latin excommūnicātiō. By surface analysis, excommunicate + -ion. Displaced native Old English āmǣnsumung. 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 "excommunication", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (21 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list