# congestion

> English word · Noun · IPA /kənˈd͡ʒɛs.t͡ʃən/ · frequency rank #11,854

## Definitions
1. The hindrance or blockage of the passage of something, for example a fluid, mixture, traffic, people, etc. (due to an excess of this or due to a partial or complete obstruction), resulting in overfilling or overcrowding.
2. The hindrance or blockage of the passage of something, for example a fluid, mixture, traffic, people, etc. (due to an excess of this or due to a partial or complete obstruction), resulting in overfilling or overcrowding.
3. An excess or accumulation of something.
4. An excess or accumulation of something.
5. An excess or accumulation of something.

## Etymology
From late Middle English congestioun, from Old French [Term?], from Latin congestĭō (“heap, accumulation”), from congerō (“to bring together, accumulate, heap up”), formed by the root gerō (“to carry”) and the prefix con-.

## Easily confused with
- **connection** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/congestion-vs-connection)
- **convention** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/congestion-vs-convention)
- **contention** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/congestion-vs-contention)
- **convection** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/congestion-vs-convection)
- **congestive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/congestion-vs-congestive)
- **confession** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/confession-vs-congestion)
- **conception** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conception-vs-congestion)
- **concession** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concession-vs-congestion)

## Common misspellings (16)
`ccongestion`, `cnogestion`, `cognestion`, `conegstion`, `congesiton`, `congession`, `congesstion`, `congestino`, `congestionn`, `congestoin`, `congesttion`, `congetsion`, `conggestion`, `congsetion`, `conngestion`, `ocngestion`

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