transclusion
"transclusion" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“transclusion” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The inclusion of part of one hypertext document in another one by means of reference rather than copying.
Corpus desk
Index EN-transclusion · transclusion · English
transclusion · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | transclusion |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “transclusion” in English
Rare enough to double-check
transclusion is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The inclusion of part of one hypertext document in another one by means of reference rather than copying.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for transclusion, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Coined by American information technologist, philosopher, and sociologist Ted Nelson in his book Literary Machines (1981). Probably from trans- + (in)clusion. The correct English form is transclusion, spelled T-R-A-N-S-C-L-U-S-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The inclusion of part of one hypertext document in another one by means of reference rather than copying.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how transclusion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Transclusion means that a thing can be in two places at once.
The MediaWiki parser processes an article in two stages. The first stage is called preprocessing and is mainly involved with the transclusion of templates and the expansion of the Wikitext.
Etymology
Coined by American information technologist, philosopher, and sociologist Ted Nelson in his book Literary Machines (1981). Probably from trans- + (in)clusion.
This word in other languages
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.