abjection
\ab.ʒɛk.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“abjection” is an uncommon French word, ranked #78,094 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #78,094
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - État d’abaissement qui attire le mépris de tous.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abjection |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ab.ʒɛk.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #78,094 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “abjection” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for abjection is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ab.ʒɛk.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #78,094 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1État d’abaissement qui attire le mépris de tous.
- 2Choses basses et méprisables.
- 3Objet de rebut, dans cette phrase de la Bible.
- 4Agissements vils et méprisables.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “abjection”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-B-J-E-C-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ab.ʒɛk.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.