illation
/ɪˈleɪʃ(ə)n/
"illation" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“illation” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of inferring or concluding, especially from a set of premises; a conclusion, a deduction.
Corpus desk
Index EN-illation · illation · English
illation · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" 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 | illation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɪˈleɪʃ(ə)n/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “illation” in English
Rare enough to double-check
illation is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɪˈleɪʃ(ə)n/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The act of inferring or concluding, especially from a set of premises; a conclusion, a deduction.".
No misspelling variants are generated for illation in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin illātiō (“logical inference, deduction, conclusion”), from illātus, perfect passive participle of inferō (“carry or bring into somewhere; conclude”), from in + ferō (“bear, carry; suffer”). The correct English form is illation, spelled I-L-L-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The act of inferring or concluding, especially from a set of premises; a conclusion, a deduction.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how illation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Now herein there seems to be a very erroneous Illation: from the Indulgence of God unto Cain, concluding an immunity unto himself […]
it so orders the intermediate Ideas, as to discover what Connection there is in each Link of the Chain, whereby the Extreams are held together; and thereby, as it were, to draw into View the Truth sought for, which is what we call Illation or Inference […]
Etymology
From Latin illātiō (“logical inference, deduction, conclusion”), from illātus, perfect passive participle of inferō (“carry or bring into somewhere; conclude”), from in + ferō (“bear, carry; suffer”).
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.