renunciation
"renunciation" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“renunciation” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #45,045 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #45,045
- frequency rank, English
- 12
- letters
- 18
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | renunciation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #45,045 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “renunciation” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for renunciation is 12 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #45,045 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for renunciation, with forms such as "ernunciation", "rennuciation", and "rennunciation". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin renūntiātiō. Compare renounce. The correct English form is renunciation, spelled R-E-N-U-N-C-I-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid.
- 2The resignation of an ecclesiastical office.
- 3The act by which a person abandons a right acquired, but without transferring it to another.
- 4In the Anglican baptismal service, the part in which the candidate in person or by his sureties renounces the Devil and all his works.
Etymology
From Latin renūntiātiō. Compare renounce.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ernunciation,rennuciation,rennunciation,renucniation,renuncaition,renuncciation,renunciaiton,renunciasion,renunciatino,renunciationn,renunciatoin,renunciattion,renuncitaion,renunication,renunnciation,reunnciation,rneunciation,rrenunciation
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of renunciation - 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 “renunciation”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is R-E-N-U-N-C-I-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.