# inflection vs inspection

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### inflection
*noun · IPA /ɪnˈflɛkʃən/ · frequency rank #33,686*
The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby terms take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.

### inspection
*noun · IPA /ɪnˈspɛkʃən/ · frequency rank #5,694*
The act of examining something, often closely.

## Source
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