pigmentation

Name: pigmentation, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“pigmentation” has 19 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #34,226. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,226
frequency rank, English: 4,417
“P” headwords: 19
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Coloration of human, plant or animal tissue, especially by pigment.

Corpus desk

Index EN-pigmentation · pigmentation · English

pigmentation · rank #34,226 · 19 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #34,226
LEN-MEGA 12 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 19 variants
BOOK-MID 4,417
PHOTO-FINISH physiotherapy

Nearest frequency peer: physiotherapy (-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.

perversion

65,778
phylogenetic

65,777
physiothera…

65,776
pigmentation

65,775
pizzeria

65,774
populate

65,773

What this shows “pigmentation” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Key facts for pigmentation
Property	Value
Headword	pigmentation
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
Letters	12
Frequency rank	#34,226
Misspellings tracked	19
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “pigmentation”

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

#34,226

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “physiotherapy” (#34,225), “pizzeria” (#34,227), “phylogenetic” (#34,224). Among 4,417 “P” headwords, “pigmentation” is #34,226. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 19 spelling variants around pigmentation, anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,226 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Coloration of human, plant or animal tissue, especially by pigment.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for pigmentation, with forms such as "ipgmentation", "pgimentation", and "pigemntation". 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, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From pigment + -ation. The correct English form is pigmentation, spelled P-I-G-M-E-N-T-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

1
Coloration of human, plant or animal tissue, especially by pigment.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how pigmentation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

It may hence be assumed that this apparently capillary pigmentation should be ascribed merely to an accumulation of pigment-molecules towards one side of the hepatic cells.
The neoplasm which, since the time of Laennec, is known by the designation Melanosis, is to be carefully distinguished from this pigmentation of the ordinary structures of the lung, which has been designated Anthracosis.

Etymology

From pigment + -ation.

This word in other languages

pigmentación(Español)pigmentation(Français)Pigmentierung(Deutsch)pigmentação(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ipgmentation
pgimentation
pigemntation
piggmentation
pigmenattion
pigmenntation
pigmentaiton
pigmentasion
pigmentatino
pigmentationn
pigmentatoin
pigmentattion
pigmenttaion
pigmenttation
pigmetnation
pigmmentation
pigmnetation
pimgentation
ppigmentation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pigmentation - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "pigmentation"

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 "pigmentation"?

"pigmentation" is spelled P-I-G-M-E-N-T-A-T-I-O-N.

What does "pigmentation" mean?

As a noun, "pigmentation" means: Coloration of human, plant or animal tissue, especially by pigment.

What are common misspellings of "pigmentation"?

Common misspellings include "ipgmentation", "pgimentation", "pigemntation", "piggmentation", "pigmenattion". The correct spelling is "pigmentation".

What is the origin of the word "pigmentation"?

From pigment + -ation. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pigmentation", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).

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