abduction

\ab.dyk.sjɔ̃\

/\ab.dyk.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“abduction” is an uncommon French word, ranked #80,823 in French word frequency and used as a noun.

#80,823
frequency rank, French
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action des muscles qui écartent de la ligne médiane du corps les parties auxquelles ils sont attachés.

Key facts for abduction
PropertyValue
Headwordabduction
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ab.dyk.sjɔ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#80,823
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “abduction” sits in French 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). abduction 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.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for abduction is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ab.dyk.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #80,823 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Zero misspellings are on record for abduction in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is abduction, spelled A-B-D-U-C-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action des muscles qui écartent de la ligne médiane du corps les parties auxquelles ils sont attachés.
  2. 2
    Action d’inférer les prémisses les plus vraisemblables permettant de parvenir, par déduction, à une conclusion concordante aux observations.
  3. 3
    Procédé consistant à introduire une règle à titre d’hypothèse afin de considérer un résultat ou une observation comme un cas particulier tombant sous cette règle.
  4. 4
    Forme de raisonnement intuitif qui consiste à supprimer les solutions improbables et qui s’oppose à une logique d’exploration systématique.
  5. 5
    Pour les ufologues, enlèvement d’une personne à son insu par des extraterrestres, sans souvenir de la victime après coup.
  6. 6
    À l’époque romaine, tactique consistant à dissoudre une troupe en ligne, afin de passer un endroit étroit.

This word in other languages

abduction(English)abducción(Español)Abduktion(Deutsch)abdução(Português)

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abduction"?
"abduction" is spelled A-B-D-U-C-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ab.dyk.sjɔ̃\.
What does "abduction" mean?
As a noun, "abduction" means: Action des muscles qui écartent de la ligne médiane du corps les parties auxquelles ils sont attachés.
How do you pronounce "abduction"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abduction" is \ab.dyk.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abduction" come from?
"abduction" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “abduction”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is A-B-D-U-C-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ab.dyk.sjɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list