immolation

noun

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"immolation" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“immolation” is uncommon English (frequency #55,507 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,507
frequency rank, English
2,140
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of immolating, or the state of being immolated.

Corpus desk

Index EN-immolation · immolation · English

immolation · rank #55,507 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,507
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH immaculately

Nearest frequency peer: immaculately (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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Long-tail ranks near “immolation”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “immolation” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for immolation
PropertyValue
Headwordimmolation
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#55,507
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “immolation” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).immolationfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “immaculately” (#55,506), “immunisation” (#55,508), “impudent” (#55,509). Among 2,140 “I” headwords, “immolation” is #55,507. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

immolation is uncommon English at frequency #55,507 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for immolation, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English immolacion, from Middle French immolation, from Old French, from Latin immolatio. The correct English form is immolation, spelled I-M-M-O-L-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    The act of immolating, or the state of being immolated.
  2. 2
    That which is immolated; a sacrifice.
  3. 3
    The act of maliciously burning a person.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mary heard with sorrow, and fear also, of the projected journey; but the altered expression of Isabella's countenance was a great palliative—dreadful as it was that her husband should love another (and of that distressing fact it was impossible to doubt), his confidence was consoling; and her power to prove the firmness of her character, her right to his…
  2. The preposterous altruism too![…]Resist not evil. It is an insane immolation of self—as bad intrinsically as fakirs stabbing themselves or anchorites warping their spines in caves scarcely large enough for a fair-sized dog.

Etymology

From Middle English immolacion, from Middle French immolation, from Old French, from Latin immolatio.

This word in other languages

inmolación(Español)immolation(Français)Aufopferung(Deutsch)

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 "immolation"?
"immolation" is spelled I-M-M-O-L-A-T-I-O-N.
What does "immolation" mean?
As a noun, "immolation" means: The act of immolating, or the state of being immolated.
What is the origin of the word "immolation"?
From Middle English immolacion, from Middle French immolation, from Old French, from Latin immolatio. 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 "immolation", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list