inhumation
/ɪn.hjuːˈmeɪ.ʃən/
"inhumation" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“inhumation” 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) - The act of burial.
Corpus desk
Index EN-inhumation · inhumation · English
inhumation · 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 | inhumation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɪn.hjuːˈmeɪ.ʃən/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “inhumation” in English
Rare enough to double-check
inhumation is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɪn.hjuːˈmeɪ.ʃən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
inhumation has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From inhume + -ation. The correct English form is inhumation, spelled I-N-H-U-M-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The act of burial.
- 2The act of burying vessels in warm earth in order to expose their contents to a steady moderate heat; the state of being thus exposed.
- 3Arenation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how inhumation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Cremation versus Inhumation" was the subject considered at the meeting of the Nineteenth Century Club at the residence of Mr. Courtlandt Palmer, No. 117 East One Hundred and Seventeenth-street, last evening.
Stampolidis's team has unearthed three types of Iron Age burials at Orthi Petra . . . dating from the ninth to the seventh century B.C.: pithos (large ceramic jar) burials, cremations, and basic inhumations.
Etymology
From inhume + -ation.
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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.