procuration
/ˌpɹɒkjʊˈɹeɪʃən/
"procuration" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“procuration” 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) - The act of procuring; procurement.
Corpus desk
Index EN-procuration · procuration · English
procuration · 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 | procuration |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌpɹɒkjʊˈɹeɪʃən/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “procuration” in English
Rare enough to double-check
procuration is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌpɹɒkjʊˈɹeɪʃən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
procuration doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Inherited from Middle English procuracioun, from Middle French procuration and its etymon Latin prōcūrātiōnem (through Old French procuracion). By surface analysis, procure + -ation; compare procuracy and procuratory. The correct English form is procuration, spelled P-R-O-C-U-R-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The act of procuring; procurement.
- 2The management of another's affairs.
- 3The instrument by which a person is empowered to transact the affairs of another; a proxy.
- 4A sum of money formerly paid to the bishop or archdeacon, now to the ecclesiastical commissioners, by an incumbent, as a commutation for entertainment at the time of visitation; called also proxy.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English procuracioun, from Middle French procuration and its etymon Latin prōcūrātiōnem (through Old French procuracion). By surface analysis, procure + -ation; compare procuracy and procuratory.
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.