session

/ˈsɛ.ʃən/

//ˈsɛ.ʃən// noun

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"session" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“session” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #1,966. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,966
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A period of time devoted to a particular activity.

Corpus desk

Index EN-session · session · English

session · rank #1,966 · 9 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,966
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH Scott

Nearest frequency peer: Scott (-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 “session”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “session” 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).

session vs sessions
88% similar
session vs season
71% similar
session vs section
71% similar

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

Key facts for session
PropertyValue
Headwordsession
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈsɛ.ʃən/
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,966
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “session”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).sessionlands here:

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “Scott” (#1,965), “shape” (#1,967), “regional” (#1,964). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “session” is #1,966. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around session (IPA /ˈsɛ.ʃən/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,966 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for session, with forms such as "esssion", "sesion", and "sesison". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "sessions", "season", "section", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English session, from Old French session, from Latin sessiō (“a sitting”), from sedeō (“sit”). The correct English form is session, spelled S-E-S-S-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    A period of time devoted to a particular activity.
  2. 2
    An official meeting or term of a council, court, or other body to conduct its business; e.g. the annual or semiannual periods of a legislature (that together comprise the legislative term), whose individual meetings are also called sessions.
  3. 3
    The sequence of interactions between client and server, or between user and system; the period during which a user is logged in or connected.
  4. 4
    Any of the three scheduled two-hour playing sessions, from the start of play to lunch, from lunch to tea and from tea to the close of play.
  5. 5
    The act of sitting, or the state of being seated.
  6. 6
    Ellipsis of jam session, used in isolate particularly for folk music.
  7. 7
    An academic term; semester; school year.
  8. 8
    An extended period of drinking, typically consuming beer with low alcohol content.
  9. 9
    The ruling body of a congregation, consisting of the pastor and elders.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. counseling session
  2. a training session

Etymology

From Middle English session, from Old French session, from Latin sessiō (“a sitting”), from sedeō (“sit”).

This word in other languages

sesión(Español)séance(Français)Sitzung(Deutsch)sessão(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esssion
  • sesion
  • sesison
  • sessino
  • sessionn
  • sessoin
  • sestion
  • ssesion
  • ssession

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

esssion2sesion1sesison2sessino2sessionn1sessoin2sestion1ssesion2
Edit distance from "session"

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 "session"?
"session" is spelled S-E-S-S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈsɛ.ʃən/.
What does "session" mean?
As a noun, "session" means: A period of time devoted to a particular activity.
What words are commonly confused with "session"?
"session" is commonly confused with "sessions", "season", "section". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "session"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "session" is /ˈsɛ.ʃən/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "session"?
From Middle English session, from Old French session, from Latin sessiō (“a sitting”), from sedeō (“sit”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

quarter#1,963watched#1,975willing#1,976windows#1,977

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

toward9 variantsproper9 variantsprince9 variantspicked9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list