abjection

\ab.ʒɛk.sjɔ̃\

/\ab.ʒɛk.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“abjection” is uncommon French (frequency #78,094 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,094
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État d’abaissement qui attire le mépris de tous.

Corpus desk

Index FR-abjection · abjection · French

abjection · rank #78,094 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,094
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH abid

Nearest frequency peer: abid (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « abjection »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « abjection » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for abjection
PropertyValue
Headwordabjection
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ab.ʒɛk.sjɔ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#78,094
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « abjection » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.abjectiontombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « abid » (#78,093), « abaissées » (#78,092), « accostent » (#78,096). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « abjection » est au #78,094. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

abjection is uncommon French at frequency #78,094 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ab.ʒɛk.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for abjection, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is abjection, spelled A-B-J-E-C-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    État d’abaissement qui attire le mépris de tous.
  2. 2
    Choses basses et méprisables.
  3. 3
    Objet de rebut, dans cette phrase de la Bible.
  4. 4
    Agissements vils et méprisables.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Vivre dans l’abjection.
  2. Il s’est relevé de l’abjection, de l’état d’abjection où il était tombé.

Synonyms

avilissementbassessebouecrapuleriefangehonteignominieindignitéinfamievilenie

This word in other languages

abjection(English)abyección(Español)Infamie(Deutsch)abjeção(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 "abjection"?
"abjection" is spelled A-B-J-E-C-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ab.ʒɛk.sjɔ̃\.
What does "abjection" mean?
As a noun, "abjection" means: État d’abaissement qui attire le mépris de tous.
How do you pronounce "abjection"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abjection" is \ab.ʒɛk.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "abjection", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

abaissées#78,092accostent#78,096adjointes#78,102agrafeuse#78,109

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list