# abrasion

> English word · Noun · IPA /əˈbɹeɪ.ʒn̩/ · frequency rank #32,263

## Definitions
1. The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction.
2. An act of abrasiveness.
3. The substance thus rubbed off; debris.
4. The effect of mechanical erosion of rock, especially a river bed, by rock fragments scratching and scraping it.
5. An abraded, scraped, or worn area.
6. A superficial wound caused by scraping; an area of skin where the cells on the surface have been scraped or worn away.
7. The wearing away of the surface of the tooth by chewing.

## Etymology
First attested in 1656. From French abrasion (attested since 1611), from Medieval Latin abrasio (“a scraping”), from Latin abrādō (“scrape off”). See also abrade.

## Easily confused with
- **abrasive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abrasion-vs-abrasive)
- **ablation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ablation-vs-abrasion)

## Common misspellings (12)
`abarsion`, `abbrasion`, `abraison`, `abrasino`, `abrasionn`, `abrasoin`, `abrassion`, `abration`, `abrrasion`, `abrsaion`, `arbasion`, `barasion`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/abrasion