laudation
/lɔːˈdeɪ.ʃən/
"laudation" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“laudation” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of lauding; high praise or commendation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-laudation · laudation · English
laudation · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" 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 | laudation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /lɔːˈdeɪ.ʃən/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “laudation” in English
Rare enough to double-check
laudation is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /lɔːˈdeɪ.ʃən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The act of lauding; high praise or commendation.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for laudation, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin laudatio; compare Old English taudation. See laud. The correct English form is laudation, spelled L-A-U-D-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The act of lauding; high praise or commendation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how laudation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] his wondrous laudations and defendings of the unfriended Turner […]
We know that the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians had already used the responsive form, notably form A (refrain), in their laudations and supplications.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin laudatio; compare Old English taudation. See laud.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.