# aggregation

> English word · Noun · IPA /æɡɹəˈɡeɪʃən/ · frequency rank #20,827

## Definitions
1. The act of collecting together, of aggregating.
2. The state of being collected into a mass, assemblage, or (aggregated) sum.
3. A collection of particulars; an aggregate.
4. Summarizing multiple routes into one route.
5. The majority of the parasite population concentrated into a minority of the host population.
6. Kind of object composition which does not imply ownership.
7. A component of natural language generation that entails combining syntactic elements.

## Etymology
From Latin aggregātiō, from aggregō (“aggregate”).

## Easily confused with
- **aggregator** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aggregation-vs-aggregator)
- **aggravation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aggravation-vs-aggregation)

## Common misspellings (15)
`aggergation`, `aggreagtion`, `aggregaiton`, `aggregasion`, `aggregatino`, `aggregationn`, `aggregatoin`, `aggregattion`, `aggreggation`, `aggregtaion`, `aggrgeation`, `aggrregation`, `agregation`, `agrgegation`, `gagregation`

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