explicitation

noun

"explicitation" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The process or fact of becoming explicit or of causing to be explicit; that which makes something explicit.

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Index EN-explicitation · explicitation · English

explicitation · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 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 explicitation
PropertyValue
Headwordexplicitation
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “explicitation” in English

explicitationranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

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

Rare enough to double-check

explicitation is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The process or fact of becoming explicit or of causing to be explicit; that which makes something explicit.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for explicitation, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From explicit + -ation. The correct English form is explicitation, spelled E-X-P-L-I-C-I-T-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    The process or fact of becoming explicit or of causing to be explicit; that which makes something explicit.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how explicitation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. [N]ot only are the two factors of reality [i.e., objective and subjective] exposures or explicitations of each other, each being always the other's inside made outside, implicit made explicit, but also in our thought of them as incidents of one process or activity it can certainly be no more true that they influence each other or act causally on each othe…
  2. The further attributes of matter—e.g. motion, space, time, substantiality, and reflection—appear merely as explicitations and concretizations of the fundamental thesis on the priority of matter over consciousness.

Etymology

From explicit + -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 "explicitation"?
"explicitation" is spelled E-X-P-L-I-C-I-T-A-T-I-O-N.
What does "explicitation" mean?
As a noun, "explicitation" means: The process or fact of becoming explicit or of causing to be explicit; that which makes something explicit.
What is the origin of the word "explicitation"?
From explicit + -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