oblation
/əʊˈbleɪʃən/
"oblation" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“oblation” is uncommon English (frequency #98,509 among 1,431 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,509
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The offering of worship, thanks etc. to a deity.
Corpus desk
Index EN-oblation · oblation · English
oblation · rank #98,509 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,509
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH obscurely
Nearest frequency peer: obscurely (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “oblation”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- NSM
NSM
1,498 corpus weight
- nutsack
nutsack
1,496 corpus weight
- Oakham
Oakham
1,494 corpus weight
- oblation
oblation
1,492 corpus weight
- obscurely
obscurely
1,491 corpus weight
- offish
offish
1,486 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “oblation” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oblation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /əʊˈbleɪʃən/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #98,509 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “oblation” in English
Rare enough to double-check
oblation is uncommon English at frequency #98,509 among 1,431 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /əʊˈbleɪʃən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
oblation has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English oblacioun, from Old French oblacion, from Latin oblātiō (“offering”), from offerō (“I offer, present”). By surface analysis, oblate + -ion. The correct English form is oblation, spelled O-B-L-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The offering of worship, thanks etc. to a deity.
- 2A deed or gift offered charitably.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how oblation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And if thy oblation be a meate offering baken in the frying pan,it ſhalbe made of fine flowꝛe with oyle.
whatever she judged proper for the oblation of the approaching night.
Etymology
From Middle English oblacioun, from Old French oblacion, from Latin oblātiō (“offering”), from offerō (“I offer, present”). By surface analysis, oblate + -ion.
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); 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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