humiliation

Name: humiliation, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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/hjuːˌmɪliˈeɪʃən/

//hjuːˌmɪliˈeɪʃən// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“humiliation” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #13,930. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,930
frequency rank, English: 2,646
“H” headwords: 16
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification.

Corpus desk

Index EN-humiliation · humiliation · English

humiliation · rank #13,930 · 16 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #13,930
LEN-MEGA 11 letters
VOW-6 6 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-HIGH 16 variants
BOOK-MID 2,646
PHOTO-FINISH hesitation

Nearest frequency peer: hesitation (-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.

harassed

86,074
heater

86,073
hesitation

86,072
humiliation

86,071
IC

86,070
impairment

86,069

What this shows Bars show where “humiliation” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

humiliation vs humiliating

82% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for humiliation
Property	Value
Headword	humiliation
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/hjuːˌmɪliˈeɪʃən/
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#13,930
Misspellings tracked	16
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “humiliation” sits in English frequency

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).humiliationlands here:

#13,930

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “hesitation” (#13,929), “IC” (#13,931), “heater” (#13,928). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around humiliation (IPA /hjuːˌmɪliˈeɪʃən/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,930 among 2,646 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for humiliation, with forms such as "hhumiliation", "hmuiliation", and "huimliation". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "humiliating", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French humiliation, from Late Latin humiliātiō, from humiliāre (“to humiliate”); see humiliate. Equivalent to humiliate + -ion. The correct English form is humiliation, spelled H-U-M-I-L-I-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

1
The act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification.
2
The state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures.
Loving and beloved by him, how different would her destiny have been! An utter sense of desolation came over her; a terror of the future, an overwhelming agony in the present. That he, of all others, should be the one to witness her humiliation!

Etymology

From Middle French humiliation, from Late Latin humiliātiō, from humiliāre (“to humiliate”); see humiliate. Equivalent to humiliate + -ion.

Synonyms

abasement dishonor embarrassment mortification shame

Antonyms

exaltation honor

This word in other languages

humillación(Español)humiliation(Français)Demütigung(Deutsch)humilhação(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

hhumiliation
hmuiliation
huimliation
humiilation
humilaition
humiliaiton
humiliasion
humiliatino
humiliationn
humiliatoin
humiliattion
humilitaion
humilliation
humliiation
hummiliation
uhmiliation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of humiliation - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "humiliation"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "humiliation"?

"humiliation" is spelled H-U-M-I-L-I-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is /hjuːˌmɪliˈeɪʃən/.

What does "humiliation" mean?

As a noun, "humiliation" means: The act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification.

What words are commonly confused with "humiliation"?

"humiliation" is commonly confused with "humiliating". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "humiliation"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "humiliation" is /hjuːˌmɪliˈeɪʃən/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What is the origin of the word "humiliation"?

From Middle French humiliation, from Late Latin humiliātiō, from humiliāre (“to humiliate”); see humiliate. Equivalent to humiliate + -ion. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "humiliation", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

entitlement#13,912 detrimental#13,901 desperation#13,900 ministerial#13,960

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

distortion16 variants bureaucracy16 variants retaliation16 variants sentiments16 variants

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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.