remission
/ɹɪˈmɪʃ(ə)n/
"remission" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“remission” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #22,790. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,790
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A pardon of a sin; (chiefly historical, also figuratively) the forgiveness of an offence, or relinquishment of a (legal) claim or a debt.
Corpus desk
Index EN-remission · remission · English
remission · rank #22,790 · 12 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,790
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH renounce
Nearest frequency peer: renounce (+1 rank slots)
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “remission”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- redo
redo
77,214 corpus weight
- rejoin
rejoin
77,213 corpus weight
- remission
remission
77,211 corpus weight
- renounce
renounce
77,210 corpus weight
- repentance
repentance
77,209 corpus weight
- resonate
resonate
77,208 corpus weight
What this shows “remission” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | remission |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɹɪˈmɪʃ(ə)n/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #22,790 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “remission”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around remission (IPA /ɹɪˈmɪʃ(ə)n/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,790 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for remission, with forms such as "ermission", "reimssion", and "remision". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "revision", "recession", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English remissioun (“release from duty; freeing of captives; mercy, pardon, respite; forgiveness; release from or reduction of penances; reduction in intensity (of a quality, symptom, etc.); transfer of property, quitclaim; legal opinion or subm… The correct English form is remission, spelled R-E-M-I-S-S-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1A pardon of a sin; (chiefly historical, also figuratively) the forgiveness of an offence, or relinquishment of a (legal) claim or a debt.
- 2A lessening of amount due, as in either money or work, or intensity of a thing.
- 3A lessening of amount due, as in either money or work, or intensity of a thing.
- 4A lessening of amount due, as in either money or work, or intensity of a thing.
- 5An act of remitting, returning, or sending back.
- 6An act of remitting, returning, or sending back.
- 7Reflection or back-scattering of light by a material; (to send back)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how remission appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Moreouer the perfit beleue of this article, worketh in all true chriſten people, aloue to continue in this vnitie, and afeare to be caſte out of the ſame, and it worketh in them that be ſinners and repentant, great comforte, and conſolacion, to obteine remiſſion of ſinne, by vertue of Chriſtes paſſion, and adminiſtracion of his ſacramentes at the miniſter…
Remiſsion of ſins is giuen to all the elect, and them alone, becauſe it is giuen to them all and alone who beleeue; and none beleeue, but the elect onely; for the reprobate neuer haue true faith and beleefe: therefore they neuer obtaine remiſsion of their ſinnes.
Etymology
From Middle English remissioun (“release from duty; freeing of captives; mercy, pardon, respite; forgiveness; release from or reduction of penances; reduction in intensity (of a quality, symptom, etc.); transfer of property, quitclaim; legal opinion or submission; reference, cross-reference”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman remission, remissione, remissioun, remissiun and Middle French, Old French remission (“forgiveness of sin; pardoning of an offence; postponement; cessation, suspension; diminishing or weakening of something; reduction of debt; reduction in intensity of a disease or symptom”) (modern French rémission), and their etymon Late Latin remissiō (“forgiveness; pardon of sins”), Latin remissiō (“release; sending back; easing off, relaxing, softening; reduction of debt; reduction in intensity of a disease or symptom”), from remittō (“to remit, send back; to diminish; to relax; to do without, forego”) + -siō. Remittō is derived from re- (prefix meaning ‘back, backwards’) + mittō (“to cause to go; to send; to discharge, emit, let go, release; to throw; to extend, reach out; to announce, tell; to produce, yield; to attend, escort, guide; to dismiss, disregard; to end”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- (“to change, exchange; to change places, go past”) or *(s)meyt- (“to throw”)). The English word is cognate with Catalan remissió, Italian remissioni, remissione (“remission; withdrawal of legal action; compliance, submission”), Old Occitan remessió, Portuguese remisson, remissão (“pardon; remission”), Spanish remisión (“remission”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ermission
- reimssion
- remision
- remisison
- remissino
- remissionn
- remissoin
- remistion
- remmission
- remsision
- rmeission
- rremission
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of remission - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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