acquisition
/ˌæk.wɪˈzɪʃ.ən/
"acquisition" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“acquisition” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #4,569 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #4,569
- frequency rank, English
- 11
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The act or process of acquiring.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | acquisition |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌæk.wɪˈzɪʃ.ən/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #4,569 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “acquisition” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for acquisition is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˌæk.wɪˈzɪʃ.ən/. Corpus data places it at rank #4,569 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for acquisition, with forms such as "accquisition", "acqiusition", and "acqquisition". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English, borrowed from Old French acquisicion, from Latin acquisītiō, from acquirere; equivalent to acquire + -ition. The correct English form is acquisition, spelled A-C-Q-U-I-S-I-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The act or process of acquiring.
- 2The thing acquired or gained; a gain.
- 3The process of sampling signals that measure real world physical conditions and converting these signals into digital numeric values that can be manipulated by a computer.
Etymology
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French acquisicion, from Latin acquisītiō, from acquirere; equivalent to acquire + -ition.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: accquisition,acqiusition,acqquisition,acquiistion,acquisiiton,acquisision,acquisitino,acquisitionn,acquisitoin,acquisittion,acquissition,acquistiion,acqusiition,acuqisition,aqcuisition,caquisition
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of acquisition - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “acquisition”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-C-Q-U-I-S-I-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌæk.wɪˈzɪʃ.ən/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English 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.