fumigation
/ˈfjuːmɪɡeɪʃən/
"fumigation" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fumigation” is uncommon English (frequency #69,066 among 18,613 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,066
- frequency rank, English
- 18,613
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The act of fumigating, or applying smoke or vapor, as for disinfection.
| 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) |
Where “fumigation” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
fumigation is uncommon English at frequency #69,066 among 18,613 “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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Using “fumigation”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is F-U-M-I-G-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.