molestation
/mɒlɪˈsteɪʃən/
"molestation" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“molestation” has 17 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #29,385. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,385
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of molesting.
Corpus desk
Index EN-molestation · molestation · English
molestation · rank #29,385 · 17 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,385
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH molar
Nearest frequency peer: molar (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “molestation”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Mobil
Mobil
70,619 corpus weight
- moisturizer
moisturizer
70,618 corpus weight
- molar
molar
70,617 corpus weight
- molestation
molestation
70,616 corpus weight
- mong
mong
70,615 corpus weight
- Montrose
Montrose
70,614 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “molestation” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | molestation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /mɒlɪˈsteɪʃən/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #29,385 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “molestation” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around molestation (IPA /mɒlɪˈsteɪʃən/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,385 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The act of molesting.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for molestation, with forms such as "mloestation", "mmolestation", and "moelstation". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French molestacion, from Latin molestatio. By surface analysis, molest + -ation. The correct English form is molestation, spelled M-O-L-E-S-T-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The act of molesting.
Etymology
From Old French molestacion, from Latin molestatio. By surface analysis, molest + -ation.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mloestation
- mmolestation
- moelstation
- molesattion
- molesstation
- molestaiton
- molestasion
- molestatino
- molestationn
- molestatoin
- molestattion
- molesttaion
- molesttation
- moletsation
- mollestation
- molsetation
- omlestation
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of molestation - 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "molestation", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- 17 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #29,385 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.