infliction
/ɪnˈflɪkʃən/
"infliction" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“infliction” is uncommon English (frequency #61,557 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,557
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of inflicting or something inflicted; an imposition.
Corpus desk
Index EN-infliction · infliction · English
infliction · rank #61,557 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,557
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH incontinent
Nearest frequency peer: incontinent (-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 “infliction”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- imperfectly
imperfectly
38,447 corpus weight
- inauthentic
inauthentic
38,446 corpus weight
- incontinent
incontinent
38,445 corpus weight
- infliction
infliction
38,444 corpus weight
- interferome…
interferometry
38,443 corpus weight
- interject
interject
38,442 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “infliction” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | infliction |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɪnˈflɪkʃən/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #61,557 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “infliction” in English
Rare enough to double-check
infliction is uncommon English at frequency #61,557 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɪnˈflɪkʃən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The act of inflicting or something inflicted; an imposition.".
infliction doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed, perhaps via French, from Latin īnflīctiōnem. The correct English form is infliction, spelled I-N-F-L-I-C-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The act of inflicting or something inflicted; an imposition.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how infliction appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The boot, thumbscrews, the shackles, and a contraption called the "warm hose", were only a few of the inflictions being too terrible to mention.
Etymology
Borrowed, perhaps via French, from Latin īnflīctiōnem.
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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