sorption
noun
sorption is spelled S-O-R-P-T-I-O-N: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 70,702nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sorption means “Either of the processes of absorption and adsorption; sorbing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sorption is sorptions.
How many letters and syllables are in sorption?
| Letters | 8: S-O-R-P-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 70,702nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is sorption?
Sorption appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 70,702nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce sorption?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-sorption.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with sorption?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as sorption.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: positron.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of sorption
- sorptions plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sorption mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Either of the processes of absorption and adsorption; sorbing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sorption in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense process of either absorption or adsorption:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does sorption come from?
Back-formation from absorption; representing Latin sorbeō (“to suck in”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).