induration
/ɪndjʊˈɹeɪʃən/
"induration" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“induration” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hardness.
Corpus desk
Index EN-induration · induration · English
induration · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | induration |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɪndjʊˈɹeɪʃən/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “induration” in English
Rare enough to double-check
induration is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɪndjʊˈɹeɪʃən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for induration, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English induracioun, from Old French induracion (“hardness, obstinacy”) or directly from Medieval Latin induratiō. The correct English form is induration, spelled I-N-D-U-R-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Hardness.
- 2An enduring presence; fixity.
- 3The process of becoming hard.
- 4A hardening of an area of the body as a reaction to inflammation, hyperemia, or neoplastic infiltration.
- 5An area or part of the body that has undergone such a reaction.
- 6The quality of nonfriability; the extent to which a rock does not crumble; rock strength.
- 7The process of the strengthening of rocks by heating, compaction or cementation, or a combination thereof.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how induration appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The voice was harder than I had known, and not only in stony reaction to long floods of wholly just selfpity, also roughened with gin and smoke, perhaps also assimilated to New York induration, the hardness of culture as well as of pain.
Even the putatively innocuous whimsical shapes and designs of cakes and pastry, notably in Central Europe, retain to this day the phallic concept, the cryptic induration of the aphrodisiac function.
Etymology
From Middle English induracioun, from Old French induracion (“hardness, obstinacy”) or directly from Medieval Latin induratiō.
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.