incineration
"incineration" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“incineration” is uncommon English (frequency #50,590 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,590
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of incinerating, or the state of being incinerated; cremation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-incineration · incineration · English
incineration · rank #50,590 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,590
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH imps
Nearest frequency peer: imps (-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 “incineration”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- impresario
impresario
49,413 corpus weight
- imps
imps
49,412 corpus weight
- incineration
incineration
49,411 corpus weight
- incipient
incipient
49,410 corpus weight
- infest
infest
49,409 corpus weight
- innards
innards
49,407 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “incineration” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | incineration |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #50,590 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “incineration” in English
Rare enough to double-check
incineration is uncommon English at frequency #50,590 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The act of incinerating, or the state of being incinerated; cremation.".
Zero misspellings are on record for incineration in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From incinerate + -ion. The correct English form is incineration, spelled I-N-C-I-N-E-R-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The act of incinerating, or the state of being incinerated; cremation.
Etymology
From incinerate + -ion.
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); 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).