# concoction

> English word · Noun · IPA /kənˈkɒkʃən/ · frequency rank #36,499

## Definitions
1. The preparing of a medicine, food or other substance out of many ingredients.
2. A mixture prepared in such a way.
3. Something made up, an invention.
4. Digestion (of food etc.).
5. The act of digesting in the mind; rumination.
6. Abatement of a morbid process, such as fever, and return to a normal condition.
7. The act of perfecting or maturing.

## Etymology
From Latin concoctiō.

## Easily confused with
- **connection** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concoction-vs-connection)
- **conviction** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concoction-vs-conviction)
- **convection** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concoction-vs-convection)
- **conduction** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concoction-vs-conduction)
- **convocation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concoction-vs-convocation)
- **conception** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conception-vs-concoction)

## Common misspellings (16)
`cconcoction`, `cnocoction`, `cocnoction`, `conccoction`, `conccotion`, `concocction`, `concociton`, `concocsion`, `concoctino`, `concoctionn`, `concoctoin`, `concocttion`, `concotcion`, `conncoction`, `conocction`, `ocncoction`

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