titration

/taɪˈtɹeɪʃən/

//taɪˈtɹeɪʃən// noun

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"titration" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“titration” is uncommon English (frequency #61,163 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,163
frequency rank, English
3,151
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - The determination of the concentration of some substance in a solution by slowly adding measured amounts of some other substance (normally using a burette) until a reaction is shown to be complete,...

Corpus desk

Index EN-titration · titration · English

titration · rank #61,163 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,163
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,151
  • PHOTO-FINISH titi

Nearest frequency peer: titi (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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Frequency neighbourhood for “titration”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “titration” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 2, 2026
Key facts for titration
PropertyValue
Headwordtitration
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/taɪˈtɹeɪʃən/
Letters9
Frequency rank#61,163
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “titration” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). titration lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

titration is uncommon English at frequency #61,163 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /taɪˈtɹeɪʃən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The determination of the concentration of some substance in a solution by slowly adding measured amounts of some other substance (normally using a burette) until a reaction is shown to be complete,...".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for titration, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From titrate + -ion, see titrate. The correct English form is titration, spelled T-I-T-R-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    The determination of the concentration of some substance in a solution by slowly adding measured amounts of some other substance (normally using a burette) until a reaction is shown to be complete, for instance by the colour change of an indicator.

Etymology

From titrate + -ion, see titrate.

This word in other languages

valoración(Español)titrage(Français)Titration(Deutsch)

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.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "titration"?
"titration" is spelled T-I-T-R-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is /taɪˈtɹeɪʃən/.
What does "titration" mean?
As a noun, "titration" means: The determination of the concentration of some substance in a solution by slowly adding measured amounts of some other substance (normally using a burette) until a reaction is shown to be complete,...
How do you pronounce "titration"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "titration" is /taɪˈtɹeɪʃən/. 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 "titration"?
From titrate + -ion, see titrate. 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 "titration", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list