rectification
/ˌɹɛktɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
"rectification" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“rectification” is an uncommon English word, ranked #50,185 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #50,185
- frequency rank, English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The action or process of rectifying.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rectification |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌɹɛktɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #50,185 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rectification” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for rectification is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˌɹɛktɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/. Corpus data places it at rank #50,185 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for rectification in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English rectificacioun, from Old French rectificacion, from Late Latin rectificatio. The correct English form is rectification, spelled R-E-C-T-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The action or process of rectifying.
- 2The determination of a straight line whose length is equal to a portion of a curve.
- 3The truncation of a polyhedron by replacing each vertex with a face that passes though the midpoint of each edge connected to the vertex; an analogous procedure on a polytope of dimension higher than 3.
- 4The adjustment of a globe preparatory to the solution of a proposed problem.
- 5Purification of a substance through repeated or continuous distillation.
- 6Any of a number of Chinese and Filipino communist purges. See rectification movement.
- 7A procedure that attempts to determine a person's time of birth based on events in their life.
Etymology
From Middle English rectificacioun, from Old French rectificacion, from Late Latin rectificatio.
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); 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 “rectification”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is R-E-C-T-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌɹɛktɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ (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.