# cognition

> English word · Noun · IPA /kɒɡˈnɪʃ.ən/ · frequency rank #18,521

## Definitions
1. The process of knowing, of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought and through the senses.
2. A result of a cognitive process.
3. Knowledge; awareness.

## Etymology
From Middle English cognicion, cognicioun from Latin cognitiō (“knowledge, perception, a judicial examination, trial”), from cognitus, past participle of cognoscere (“to know”), from co- (“together”) + *gnoscere, older form of noscere (“to know”); see know, and compare cognize, cognizance, cognizor, cognosce, connoisseur.

## Easily confused with
- **condition** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cognition-vs-condition)
- **cognitive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cognition-vs-cognitive)
- **coalition** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coalition-vs-cognition)

## Common misspellings (14)
`ccognition`, `cgonition`, `coggnition`, `cogintion`, `cogniiton`, `cognision`, `cognitino`, `cognitionn`, `cognitoin`, `cognittion`, `cognnition`, `cogntiion`, `congition`, `ocgnition`

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