expatiation

noun

"expatiation" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“expatiation” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An act of expatiating.

Corpus desk

Index EN-expatiation · expatiation · English

expatiation · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "E" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for expatiation
PropertyValue
Headwordexpatiation
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “expatiation” in English

expatiationsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

expatiation is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An act of expatiating.".

No misspelling variants are generated for expatiation in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From expatiate + -ion; see also -ation. The correct English form is expatiation, spelled E-X-P-A-T-I-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    An act of expatiating.

Etymology

From expatiate + -ion; see also -ation.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "expatiation"?
"expatiation" is spelled E-X-P-A-T-I-A-T-I-O-N.
What does "expatiation" mean?
As a noun, "expatiation" means: An act of expatiating.
What is the origin of the word "expatiation"?
From expatiate + -ion; see also -ation. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list