subduction
/səbˈdʌkʃən/noun
subduction is spelled S-U-B-D-U-C-T-I-O-N: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,459th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, subduction means “The action of being pushed or drawn beneath another object” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of subduction is subductions.
How many letters and syllables are in subduction?
| Letters | 10: S-U-B-D-U-C-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 37,459th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 subduction?
Subduction appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,459th 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 subduction?
- UK /səbˈdʌkʃən/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-subduction.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with subduction?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as subduction from its last stressed vowel (/ʌkʃən/, British pronunciation):
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 subduction
- subductions plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does subduction mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The action of being pushed or drawn beneath another object.
- 2
The process of one tectonic plate moving beneath another and sinking into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.
- 3
The act of subducting or taking away.
- 4
Arithmetical subtraction.
- 5
A surjection between diffeological spaces such that the target is identified as the pushforward of the source.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Subduction in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense process of one tectonic plate being pushed beneath another:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | subduction |
| Portuguese | subdução |
| Spanish | subducción |
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 subduction come from?
From Latin subductiō, from subdūcere (“to draw from under or below”). Equivalent to subduct + -ion or subduce + -tion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).