talion
/ˈtalɪən/
"talion" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“talion” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Retaliation; retribution.
Corpus desk
Index EN-talion · talion · English
talion · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | talion |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtalɪən/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “talion” in English
Rare enough to double-check
talion is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈtalɪən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Retaliation; retribution.".
talion has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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 French talion, from Latin talis (“such”). The correct English form is talion, spelled T-A-L-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Retaliation; retribution.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how talion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Simple talion may be fine for wartime, but politics between wars demands symmetry and a more elegant idea of justice, even to the point of masquerading, a bit decadently, as mercy.
Etymology
From Middle French talion, from Latin talis (“such”).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.