liquefaction

noun

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"liquefaction" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“liquefaction” is uncommon English (frequency #58,151 among 16,425 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,151
frequency rank, English
16,425
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The process of being, or state of having been, made liquid (from either a solid or a gas).

Key facts for liquefaction
PropertyValue
Headwordliquefaction
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters12
Frequency rank#58,151
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “liquefaction” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). liquefaction lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

liquefaction is uncommon English at frequency #58,151 among 16,425 “L” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

liquefaction doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English liquefaction, from Middle French liquefaction (modern French liquéfaction), from Medieval Latin liquefactiō. The correct English form is liquefaction, spelled L-I-Q-U-E-F-A-C-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    The process of being, or state of having been, made liquid (from either a solid or a gas).
  2. 2
    The liquid or semiliquid that results from this process.

Etymology

From Middle English liquefaction, from Middle French liquefaction (modern French liquéfaction), from Medieval Latin liquefactiō.

This word in other languages

licuefacción(Español)liquéfaction(Français)Verflüssigung(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "liquefaction"?
"liquefaction" is spelled L-I-Q-U-E-F-A-C-T-I-O-N.
What does "liquefaction" mean?
As a noun, "liquefaction" means: The process of being, or state of having been, made liquid (from either a solid or a gas).
What is the origin of the word "liquefaction"?
From Middle English liquefaction, from Middle French liquefaction (modern French liquéfaction), from Medieval Latin liquefactiō. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “liquefaction”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is L-I-Q-U-E-F-A-C-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list