procrastination
/pɹəʊˌkɹæs.tɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
"procrastination" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“procrastination” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #30,547 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #30,547
- frequency rank, English
- 15
- letters
- 24
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The act of postponing, delaying or putting off, especially habitually or intentionally.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | procrastination |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɹəʊˌkɹæs.tɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #30,547 |
| Misspellings tracked | 24 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “procrastination” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for procrastination is 15 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /pɹəʊˌkɹæs.tɪˈneɪ.ʃən/. Corpus data places it at rank #30,547 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "The act of postponing, delaying or putting off, especially habitually or intentionally.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 24 likely wrong-spelling variants for procrastination, with forms such as "porcrastination", "pprocrastination", and "prcorastination". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French procrastination, from Latin prōcrāstinātiō, from prōcrāstinō (“procrastinate”), from prō + crāstinus (“of tomorrow”), from crās (“tomorrow”). The correct English form is procrastination, spelled P-R-O-C-R-A-S-T-I-N-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The act of postponing, delaying or putting off, especially habitually or intentionally.
Etymology
From Middle French procrastination, from Latin prōcrāstinātiō, from prōcrāstinō (“procrastinate”), from prō + crāstinus (“of tomorrow”), from crās (“tomorrow”).
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: porcrastination,pprocrastination,prcorastination,procarstination,proccrastination,procrasitnation,procrasstination,procrastiantion,procrastinaiton,procrastinasion,procrastinatino,procrastinationn,procrastinatoin,procrastinattion,procrastinnation,procrastintaion,procrastniation,procrasttination,procratsination,procrrastination,procrsatination,prorcastination,prrocrastination,rpocrastination
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of procrastination - 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 “procrastination”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-R-O-C-R-A-S-T-I-N-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pɹəʊˌkɹæs.tɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ (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.