sequestration

noun

"sequestration" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“sequestration” has 20 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #31,760. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,760
frequency rank, English
54,294
“S” headwords
20
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The process or act of sequestering; a putting aside or separating.

Key facts for sequestration
PropertyValue
Headwordsequestration
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Frequency rank#31,760
Misspellings tracked20
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “sequestration” sits in English frequency

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

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 20 spelling variants around sequestration, anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,760 among 54,294 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The process or act of sequestering; a putting aside or separating.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for sequestration, with forms such as "esquestration", "seqeustration", and "seqquestration". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French sequestration, from Late Latin sequestrātiō, from Latin sequestrō (“sequester”). The correct English form is sequestration, spelled S-E-Q-U-E-S-T-R-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    The process or act of sequestering; a putting aside or separating.

Etymology

From Middle French sequestration, from Late Latin sequestrātiō, from Latin sequestrō (“sequester”).

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esquestration
  • seqeustration
  • seqquestration
  • sequesrtation
  • sequesstration
  • sequestartion
  • sequestraiton
  • sequestrasion
  • sequestratino
  • sequestrationn
  • sequestratoin
  • sequestrattion
  • sequestrration
  • sequestrtaion
  • sequesttration
  • sequetsration
  • sequsetration
  • seuqestration
  • sqeuestration
  • ssequestration

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sequestration - 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.

esquestration2seqeustration2seqquestration1sequesrtation2sequesstration1sequestartion2sequestraiton2sequestrasion1
Edit distance from "sequestration"

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 "sequestration"?
"sequestration" is spelled S-E-Q-U-E-S-T-R-A-T-I-O-N.
What does "sequestration" mean?
As a noun, "sequestration" means: The process or act of sequestering; a putting aside or separating.
What are common misspellings of "sequestration"?
Common misspellings include "esquestration", "seqeustration", "seqquestration", "sequesrtation", "sequesstration". The correct spelling is "sequestration".
What is the origin of the word "sequestration"?
From Middle French sequestration, from Late Latin sequestrātiō, from Latin sequestrō (“sequester”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “sequestration”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is S-E-Q-U-E-S-T-R-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

Same frequency band

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list