fumigation
/ˈfjuːmɪɡeɪʃən/
"fumigation" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fumigation” is uncommon English (frequency #69,066 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,066
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of fumigating, or applying smoke or vapor, as for disinfection.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fumigation · fumigation · English
fumigation · rank #69,066 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,066
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH Fulford
Nearest frequency peer: Fulford (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “fumigation”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- frig
frig
30,940 corpus weight
- Frontera
Frontera
30,939 corpus weight
- fuckup
fuckup
30,937 corpus weight
- Fulford
Fulford
30,936 corpus weight
- fumigation
fumigation
30,935 corpus weight
- Gallegos
Gallegos
30,933 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “fumigation” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fumigation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfjuːmɪɡeɪʃən/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #69,066 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “fumigation” in English
Rare enough to double-check
fumigation is uncommon English at frequency #69,066 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈfjuːmɪɡeɪʃən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for fumigation, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English fumygacioun, from Old French fumigation, from Late Latin fumigatio, fumigationem, from Latin fumigo. The correct English form is fumigation, spelled F-U-M-I-G-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The act of fumigating, or applying smoke or vapor, as for disinfection.
- 2Vapor raised in the process of fumigating.
Etymology
From Middle English fumygacioun, from Old French fumigation, from Late Latin fumigatio, fumigationem, from Latin fumigo.
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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