toleration

/tɒləˈɹeɪʃən/

//tɒləˈɹeɪʃən// noun

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

The verdict

“toleration” is uncommon English (frequency #50,277 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,277
frequency rank, English
3,151
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Endurance of evil, suffering etc.

Corpus desk

Index EN-toleration · toleration · English

toleration · rank #50,277 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,277
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,151
  • PHOTO-FINISH topsoil

Nearest frequency peer: topsoil (+1 rank slots)

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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.

Long-tail ranks near “toleration”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for toleration
PropertyValue
Headwordtoleration
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/tɒləˈɹeɪʃən/
Letters10
Frequency rank#50,277
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “toleration” 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).tolerationfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “topsoil” (#50,278), “toddy” (#50,275), “tittle” (#50,274). Among 3,151 “T” headwords, “toleration” is #50,277. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

toleration is uncommon English at frequency #50,277 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /tɒləˈɹeɪʃən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for toleration, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French toleration, from Latin tolerātiōnem, accusative singular of tolerātiō, from the verb tolerō (“I tolerate”). Compare tolerance. The correct English form is toleration, spelled T-O-L-E-R-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Endurance of evil, suffering etc.
  2. 2
    The allowance of something not explicitly approved; tolerance, forbearance.
  3. 3
    Specifically, the allowance by a government (or other ruling power) of the exercise of religion beyond the state established faith.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Above all, the establishment of toleration helped to weaken the presumption that plurality in matters of faith inevitably caused social disorder.

Etymology

From Middle French toleration, from Latin tolerātiōnem, accusative singular of tolerātiō, from the verb tolerō (“I tolerate”). Compare tolerance.

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 "toleration"?
"toleration" is spelled T-O-L-E-R-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is /tɒləˈɹeɪʃən/.
What does "toleration" mean?
As a noun, "toleration" means: Endurance of evil, suffering etc.
How do you pronounce "toleration"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "toleration" is /tɒləˈɹeɪʃən/. 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 "toleration"?
From Middle French toleration, from Latin tolerātiōnem, accusative singular of tolerātiō, from the verb tolerō (“I tolerate”). Compare tolerance. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list