liposuction
/ˈlai.poʊˌsʌk.ʃn̩/
"liposuction" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“liposuction” has 17 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #45,484. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #45,484
- frequency rank, English
- 16,425
- “L” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A cosmetic surgery procedure in which excess fat is removed from a specific area by suction.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | liposuction |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈlai.poʊˌsʌk.ʃn̩/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #45,484 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “liposuction” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around liposuction (IPA /ˈlai.poʊˌsʌk.ʃn̩/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,484 among 16,425 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A cosmetic surgery procedure in which excess fat is removed from a specific area by suction.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for liposuction, with forms such as "ilposuction", "liopsuction", and "liposcution". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From lipo- + suction. The correct English form is liposuction, spelled L-I-P-O-S-U-C-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1A cosmetic surgery procedure in which excess fat is removed from a specific area by suction.
Etymology
From lipo- + suction.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ilposuction
- liopsuction
- liposcution
- lipossuction
- liposucction
- liposuciton
- liposucsion
- liposuctino
- liposuctionn
- liposuctoin
- liposucttion
- liposutcion
- lipousction
- lipposuction
- lipsouction
- lliposuction
- lpiosuction
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of liposuction - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “liposuction”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is L-I-P-O-S-U-C-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈlai.poʊˌsʌk.ʃn̩/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.