perdition
/pɜː(ɹ)ˈdɪ.ʃən/
"perdition" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“perdition” is uncommon English (frequency #55,639 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,639
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Eternal damnation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-perdition · perdition · English
perdition · rank #55,639 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,639
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH Pez
Nearest frequency peer: Pez (+2 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 “perdition”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- parquet
parquet
44,368 corpus weight
- paternalist…
paternalistic
44,366 corpus weight
- perdition
perdition
44,362 corpus weight
- Pez
Pez
44,360 corpus weight
- Phaedra
Phaedra
44,359 corpus weight
- pharmacokin…
pharmacokinetics
44,358 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “perdition” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | perdition |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɜː(ɹ)ˈdɪ.ʃən/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #55,639 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “perdition” in English
Rare enough to double-check
perdition is uncommon English at frequency #55,639 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pɜː(ɹ)ˈdɪ.ʃən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for perdition, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. 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 perdicioun, from Old French perdiciun, from Late Latin perditio, from Latin perdo (“I destroy, I lose”). The correct English form is perdition, spelled P-E-R-D-I-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Eternal damnation.
- 2Hell.
- 3Absolute ruin; downfall.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how perdition appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I son ov perdition / From sheer nothingness transgressed
Their decision to buy stocks just before the crisis led to their perdition.
Etymology
From Middle English perdicioun, from Old French perdiciun, from Late Latin perditio, from Latin perdo (“I destroy, I lose”).
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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