# complication

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌkɒm.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ · frequency rank #19,294

## Definitions
1. The act or process of complicating.
2. The state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; complexity.
3. A person who doesn't fit in with the main scheme of things; an interloper.
4. A disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but not necessarily connected with it.
5. A feature beyond basic time display in a timepiece.
6. A twisting or intertwining.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French complication, from Latin complicatio, complicationem. Morphologically complicate + -ion.

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

## Common misspellings (19)
`ccomplication`, `cmoplication`, `comlpication`, `commplication`, `compilcation`, `complciation`, `compliaction`, `complicaiton`, `complicasion`, `complicatino`, `complicationn`, `complicatoin`, `complicattion`, `compliccation`, `complictaion`, `compllication`, `compplication`, `copmlication`, `ocmplication`

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