# audition

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɑˈdɪʃən/ · frequency rank #9,998

## Definitions
1. A performance, by an aspiring performer, to demonstrate suitability or talent.
2. The sense of hearing.
3. An act of hearing; being heard.
4. Something heard.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French audicion, from Latin audītiō, from audiō (“I hear”).

## Easily confused with
- **auditor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/audition-vs-auditor)
- **auction** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/auction-vs-audition)
- **addition** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/addition-vs-audition)
- **ambition** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ambition-vs-audition)
- **auditing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/auditing-vs-audition)
- **addiction** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/addiction-vs-audition)
- **additions** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/additions-vs-audition)

## Common misspellings (11)
`aduition`, `auddition`, `audiiton`, `audision`, `auditino`, `auditionn`, `auditoin`, `audittion`, `audtiion`, `auidtion`, `uadition`

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