seduction
/sɪˈdʌk.ʃn̩/
"seduction" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“seduction” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #21,923 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #21,923
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The act of seducing.
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 | seduction |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /sɪˈdʌk.ʃn̩/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #21,923 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “seduction” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for seduction is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /sɪˈdʌk.ʃn̩/. Corpus data places it at rank #21,923 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for seduction, with forms such as "esduction", "sdeuction", and "sedcution". 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, "suction", "selection", "seductive", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Middle French séduction, from Latin sēductiō, from sēdūcō. Equivalent to seduce + -tion. The correct English form is seduction, spelled S-E-D-U-C-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The act of seducing.
- 2The felony of, as a man, inducing a previously chaste unmarried female to engage in sexual intercourse on a promise of marriage.
- 3A seductive aspect of something; appeal.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French séduction, from Latin sēductiō, from sēdūcō. Equivalent to seduce + -tion.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: esduction,sdeuction,sedcution,sedduction,seducction,seduciton,seducsion,seductino,seductionn,seductoin,seducttion,sedutcion,seudction,sseduction
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of seduction - 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 “seduction”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-E-D-U-C-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /sɪˈdʌk.ʃn̩/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “suction” - see the side-by-side comparison. seduction vs suction
- 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.