# complexion

> English word · Noun · IPA /kəmˈplɛkʃən/ · frequency rank #19,794

## Definitions
1. The quality, colour, or appearance of the skin on the face.
2. The outward appearance of something.
3. Outlook, attitude, or point of view.
4. The combination of humours making up one's physiological "temperament", being either hot or cold, and moist or dry.
5. An arrangement.

## Etymology
From Middle English complexion (“temperament”), from Old French complexion (French complexion), from Medieval Latin complexiō (“complexion, constitution”), from complector, past participle complexus (“to entwine, encompass”).

## Easily confused with
- **complexity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/complexion-vs-complexity)
- **completion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/completion-vs-complexion)

## Common misspellings (15)
`ccomplexion`, `cmoplexion`, `comlpexion`, `commplexion`, `compelxion`, `compleixon`, `complexino`, `complexionn`, `complexoin`, `complexxion`, `compllexion`, `complxeion`, `compplexion`, `copmlexion`, `ocmplexion`

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