sedation

noun

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"sedation" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“sedation” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #30,964. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,964
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of sedating, especially by use of sedatives.

Corpus desk

Index EN-sedation · sedation · English

sedation · rank #30,964 · 12 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,964
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH secreted

Nearest frequency peer: secreted (-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 “sedation”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “sedation” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

sedation vs station
75% similar
sedation vs sedition
88% similar
sedation vs sedative
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for sedation
PropertyValue
Headwordsedation
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#30,964
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “sedation”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).sedationlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “secreted” (#30,963), “sexier” (#30,965), “searing” (#30,962). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “sedation” is #30,964. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around sedation, anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,964 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The act of sedating, especially by use of sedatives.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for sedation, with forms such as "esdation", "sdeation", and "seadtion". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "station", "sedition", "sedative", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is sedation, spelled S-E-D-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    The act of sedating, especially by use of sedatives.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how sedation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The patient was so agitated that the doctor resorted to sedation.

This word in other languages

sedación(Español)sédation(Français)Sedierung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esdation
  • sdeation
  • seadtion
  • sedaiton
  • sedasion
  • sedatino
  • sedationn
  • sedatoin
  • sedattion
  • seddation
  • sedtaion
  • ssedation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sedation - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

esdation2sdeation2seadtion2sedaiton2sedasion1sedatino2sedationn1sedatoin2
Edit distance from "sedation"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sedation"?
"sedation" is spelled S-E-D-A-T-I-O-N.
What does "sedation" mean?
As a noun, "sedation" means: The act of sedating, especially by use of sedatives.
What words are commonly confused with "sedation"?
"sedation" is commonly confused with "station", "sedition", "sedative". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "sedation" come from?
"sedation" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sedation", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

secreted#30,963Schubert#30,960shithole#30,968salaried#30,951

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

spitfire12 variantsretelling12 variantstermites12 variantspriestess12 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list