abjuration

\ab.ʒy.ʁa.sjɔ̃\

/\ab.ʒy.ʁa.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“abjuration” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’abjurer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-abjuration · abjuration · French

abjuration · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "A" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for abjuration
PropertyValue
Headwordabjuration
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ab.ʒy.ʁa.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « abjuration » en français

abjurationn'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

abjuration is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ab.ʒy.ʁa.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action d’abjurer.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for abjuration, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is abjuration, spelled A-B-J-U-R-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’abjurer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’abjuration ne discrédite plus : on sait bien qu’elle est forcée. Que pourraient-ils faire d’autre, sinon aller en prison? dictée mot à mot.
  2. Selon la légende, Galilée aurait ponctué son abjuration par : « Et pourtant elle tourne ».

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abjuration"?
"abjuration" is spelled A-B-J-U-R-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ab.ʒy.ʁa.sjɔ̃\.
What does "abjuration" mean?
As a noun, "abjuration" means: Action d’abjurer.
How do you pronounce "abjuration"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abjuration" is \ab.ʒy.ʁa.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abjuration" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list