predication
"predication" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“predication” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A proclamation, announcement or preaching.
Corpus desk
Index EN-predication · predication · English
predication · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | predication |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “predication” in English
Rare enough to double-check
predication is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for predication in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English predicacion, from Anglo-Norman predicaciun, from Latin praedicātiō, from praedicō. The correct English form is predication, spelled P-R-E-D-I-C-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1A proclamation, announcement or preaching.
- 2An assertion or affirmation.
- 3The act of making something the subject or predicate of a proposition.
- 4The parallel execution of all possible outcomes of a branch instruction, all except one of which are discarded after the branch condition has been evaluated.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how predication appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It can be immediately observed from these sentences that the English subject of a predication is translated in Japanese with a wa-phrase, while the subject of a nonpredicational description appears as a ga-phrase.
Etymology
From Middle English predicacion, from Anglo-Norman predicaciun, from Latin praedicātiō, from praedicō.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.