subjection

noun

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"subjection" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“subjection” is uncommon English (frequency #53,885 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,885
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of bringing something under the control of something else.

Corpus desk

Index EN-subjection · subjection · English

subjection · rank #53,885 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,885
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH stupider

Nearest frequency peer: stupider (-1 rank slots)

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Long-tail ranks near “subjection”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “subjection” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for subjection
PropertyValue
Headwordsubjection
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#53,885
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “subjection” in English

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).subjectionfalls in this rarity band:

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “stupider” (#53,884), “submachine” (#53,886), “subwoofer” (#53,888). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “subjection” is #53,885. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

subjection is uncommon English at frequency #53,885 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

subjection has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English subjectioun, from Anglo-Norman subjectioun, Old French subjection (Modern French sujétion), and their etymon Latin subjectiō. By surface analysis, subject + -ion. The correct English form is subjection, spelled S-U-B-J-E-C-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    The act of bringing something under the control of something else.
  2. 2
    The state of being subjected.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Maſters commands come with a power reſiſtleſs / To ſuch as owe them abſolute ſubjection; / And for a life who will not change his purpoſe? / (So mutable are all the ways of men) / Yet this be ſure, in nothing to comply / Scandalous or forbidden in our Law.
  2. The smallest incidents were to serve as pretexts for demonstrations of force and for demands for indemnities and reparations which increased China's subjection. For example, in 1876 China was constrained to sign the Conventions of Chih-fu (near Yen-tʻai, in north-eastern Shantung) with Great Britain after the murder of an English interpreter on the border…

Etymology

From Middle English subjectioun, from Anglo-Norman subjectioun, Old French subjection (Modern French sujétion), and their etymon Latin subjectiō. By surface analysis, subject + -ion.

This word in other languages

sumisión(Español)soumission(Français)Unterwerfung(Deutsch)submissão(Português)

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 "subjection"?
"subjection" is spelled S-U-B-J-E-C-T-I-O-N.
What does "subjection" mean?
As a noun, "subjection" means: The act of bringing something under the control of something else.
What is the origin of the word "subjection"?
From Middle English subjectioun, from Anglo-Norman subjectioun, Old French subjection (Modern French sujétion), and their etymon Latin subjectiō. By surface analysis, subject + -ion. 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 "subjection", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

submachine#53,886supergroup#53,893Theophilus#53,909slandering#53,858

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list