fulmination
/fʌlmɪˈneɪʃən/
"fulmination" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fulmination” 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) - The act of fulminating or exploding; detonation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fulmination · fulmination · English
fulmination · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fulmination |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /fʌlmɪˈneɪʃən/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fulmination” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
fulmination is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /fʌlmɪˈneɪʃən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for fulmination, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French fulmination, from Latin fulminātiō; equivalent to fulmine + -ation. The correct English form is fulmination, spelled F-U-L-M-I-N-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The act of fulminating or exploding; detonation.
- 2The act of thundering forth threats or censures, as with authority.
- 3That which is fulminated or thundered forth; vehement menace or censure.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fulmination appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It is curious, reading the fulminations of American purists of the last generation, to note how many of the Americanisms they denounced have not only got into perfectly good usage at home but even broken down all guards across the ocean.
Etymology
From Middle French fulmination, from Latin fulminātiō; equivalent to fulmine + -ation.
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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.
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