obsoletion
"obsoletion" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“obsoletion” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Obsolescence.
Corpus desk
Index EN-obsoletion · obsoletion · English
obsoletion · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" 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 | obsoletion |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “obsoletion” in English
Rare enough to double-check
obsoletion is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Obsolescence.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for obsoletion, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From obsolete + -ion. The correct English form is obsoletion, spelled O-B-S-O-L-E-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Obsolescence.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how obsoletion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hangers sitting, dripped in oil / Crying, "freedom" / Handed to obsoletion / Still you feed us lies from the tablecloth
Etymology
From obsolete + -ion.
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.