pollination
/ˌpɒlɪˈneɪʃən/
"pollination" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pollination” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #29,791. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,791
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma; effected by insects, birds, bats and the wind etc.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pollination |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌpɒlɪˈneɪʃən/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #29,791 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pollination” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around pollination (IPA /ˌpɒlɪˈneɪʃən/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,791 among 46,516 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma; effected by insects, birds, bats and the wind etc.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for pollination, with forms such as "opllination", "plolination", and "polilnation". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is pollination, spelled P-O-L-L-I-N-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma; effected by insects, birds, bats and the wind etc.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- opllination
- plolination
- polilnation
- polination
- polliantion
- pollinaiton
- pollinasion
- pollinatino
- pollinationn
- pollinatoin
- pollinattion
- pollinnation
- pollintaion
- pollniation
- ppollination
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pollination - 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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Using “pollination”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-O-L-L-I-N-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌpɒlɪˈneɪʃən/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.