suppression

/səˈpɹɛʃən/

//səˈpɹɛʃən// noun

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"suppression" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“suppression” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #11,617. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,617
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act or instance of suppressing.

Corpus desk

Index EN-suppression · suppression · English

suppression · rank #11,617 · 14 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,617
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH stunned

Nearest frequency peer: stunned (-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 “suppression”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “suppression” 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).

suppression vs suppressor
82% similar
suppression vs suppressing
82% similar

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

Key facts for suppression
PropertyValue
Headwordsuppression
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/səˈpɹɛʃən/
Letters11
Frequency rank#11,617
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “suppression”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).suppressionlands 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 “stunned” (#11,616), “sushi” (#11,618), “strand” (#11,615). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “suppression” is #11,617. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around suppression (IPA /səˈpɹɛʃən/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,617 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for suppression, with forms such as "spupression", "ssuppression", and "supperssion". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "suppressor", "suppressing", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin suppressiō. The correct English form is suppression, spelled S-U-P-P-R-E-S-S-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    The act or instance of suppressing.
  2. 2
    The state of being suppressed.
  3. 3
    A process in which a person consciously excludes anxiety-producing thoughts, feelings, or memories.
  4. 4
    The entirety of acts aimed at stopping or preventing the enemy to execute such unwanted activities like firing, regrouping, observation or others.
  5. 5
    A subconscious adaptation by a person's brain to eliminate the symptoms of disorders of binocular vision such as strabismus, convergence insufficiency and aniseikonia.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. The suppression of uncomfortable ideas may be common in religion and politics, but it is not the path to knowledge; it has no place in the endeavor of science.
  2. In these circumstances the Communist guerrillas had survived Kuomintang suppression and in the autumn of 1931 they had launched a rising in the Huanglung Mountains of north Shensi.

Etymology

From Latin suppressiō.

This word in other languages

Unterdrückung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • spupression
  • ssuppression
  • supperssion
  • suppresion
  • suppresison
  • suppressino
  • suppressionn
  • suppressoin
  • supprestion
  • supprression
  • supprsesion
  • supression
  • suprpession
  • usppression

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of suppression - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

spupression2ssuppression1supperssion2suppresion1suppresison2suppressino2suppressionn1suppressoin2
Edit distance from "suppression"

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 "suppression"?
"suppression" is spelled S-U-P-P-R-E-S-S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is /səˈpɹɛʃən/.
What does "suppression" mean?
As a noun, "suppression" means: The act or instance of suppressing.
What words are commonly confused with "suppression"?
"suppression" is commonly confused with "suppressor", "suppressing". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "suppression"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "suppression" is /səˈpɹɛʃən/. 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 "suppression"?
From Latin suppressiō. 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 "suppression", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list