absolution

/\ap.sɔ.ly.sjɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#32,257

in French word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

absolution is aFrenchnoun. It means: Action d’absoudre. Pronounced \ap.sɔ.ly.sjɔ̃\. Often confused with absorption and abolition.

Key facts for absolution
PropertyValue
Headwordabsolution
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ap.sɔ.ly.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#32,257
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of absolution in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for absolution is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ap.sɔ.ly.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #32,257 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.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for absolution, with forms such as "abbsolution", "aboslution", and "absloution". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "absorption", "abolition", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is absolution, spelled A-B-S-O-L-U-T-I-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’absoudre.
  2. 2
    Jugement qui renvoie de l’accusation un accusé auteur d’un fait qui n’est puni par aucune loi.
  3. 3
    Sentence passée sur un accusé reconnu coupable, en vertu de laquelle celui-ci est réputé ne pas avoir commis de crime; peut être inconditionnelle ou conditionnelle.
  4. 4
    Action par laquelle le prêtre remet les péchés en vertu des paroles sacramentelles qu’il prononce.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abbsolution,aboslution,absloution,absollution,absoltuion,absoluiton,absolutino,absolutionn,absolutoin,absoluttion,absoultion,abssolution,asbolution,basolution

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for absolution

Misspelling Variants of "absolution"

abbsolution11aboslution10absloution10absollution11absoltuion10absoluiton10absolutino10absolutionn11
Misspelling Variants of "absolution"

Frequency rank: #32,257 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "absolution"?
"absolution" is spelled A-B-S-O-L-U-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ap.sɔ.ly.sjɔ̃\.
What does "absolution" mean?
As a noun, "absolution" means: Action d’absoudre.
What words are commonly confused with "absolution"?
"absolution" is commonly confused with "absorption", "abolition". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "absolution"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "absolution" is \ap.sɔ.ly.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "absolution" come from?
"absolution" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.