# cohesion

> English word · Noun · IPA /kəʊˈhiː.ʒən/ · frequency rank #20,065

## Definitions
1. State of cohering, or of working together.
2. Various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together.
3. Growing together of normally distinct parts of a plant.
4. Degree to which functionally related elements in a system belong together.
5. Grammatical or lexical relationship between different parts of the same text.

## Etymology
Attested from the late 17th century, borrowed from French cohésion, from Latin cohaesiō, cohaesiōnem.

## Easily confused with
- **cohesive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cohesion-vs-cohesive)

## Common misspellings (12)
`ccohesion`, `choesion`, `coehsion`, `coheison`, `cohesino`, `cohesionn`, `cohesoin`, `cohession`, `cohetion`, `cohhesion`, `cohseion`, `ochesion`

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