fractionation
"fractionation" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fractionation” is an uncommon English word, ranked #61,476 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #61,476
- frequency rank, English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A separation process in which a certain quantity of a mixture is divided up into smaller quantities (fractions) in which the composition changes according to a gradient; an instance of this process.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fractionation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #61,476 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fractionation” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for fractionation is 13 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #61,476 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for fractionation in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: By surface analysis, fraction + -ation, or, by surface analysis, fractionate + -ion. The correct English form is fractionation, spelled F-R-A-C-T-I-O-N-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1A separation process in which a certain quantity of a mixture is divided up into smaller quantities (fractions) in which the composition changes according to a gradient; an instance of this process.
- 2The division of a total dose of radiation into fractions.
- 3A preliminary stage of encryption that divides each plaintext symbol into several ciphertext symbols.
- 4A form of hypnosis where the patient is made to enter and leave a trance state many times in quick succession.
Etymology
By surface analysis, fraction + -ation, or, by surface analysis, fractionate + -ion.
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); 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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Using “fractionation”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is F-R-A-C-T-I-O-N-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.