conjugation
/ˌkɒnd͡ʒəˈɡeɪʃən/
"conjugation" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“conjugation” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #39,751 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #39,751
- frequency rank, English
- 11
- letters
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The coming together of things; a union.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | conjugation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌkɒnd͡ʒəˈɡeɪʃən/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #39,751 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “conjugation” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for conjugation is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˌkɒnd͡ʒəˈɡeɪʃən/. Corpus data places it at rank #39,751 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for conjugation, with forms such as "cconjugation", "cnojugation", and "cojnugation". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "conjunction", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin coniugātiō (“combining, connecting; conjugation”), from coniugō (“join, unite together”). Equivalent to conjugate + -ion. The correct English form is conjugation, spelled C-O-N-J-U-G-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The coming together of things; a union.
- 2The temporary fusion of organisms, especially as part of sexual reproduction.
- 3Sexual relations within marriage.
- 4In some languages, one of several classifications of verbs categorized into distinct classes based on the specific inflectional patterns they exhibit.
- 5The act or process of conjugating a verb.
- 6The product of that act: the conjugated forms of a verb, collected into a list or recitation.
- 7The inflection of nouns or other words besides verbs; a declension.
- 8A system of delocalized orbitals consisting of alternating single bonds and double bonds.
- 9A mapping sending x to gxg⁻¹, where g and x are elements of a group; an inner automorphism.
- 10A function which negates the non-real part of a complex or hypercomplex number; a complex conjugation.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin coniugātiō (“combining, connecting; conjugation”), from coniugō (“join, unite together”). Equivalent to conjugate + -ion.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cconjugation,cnojugation,cojnugation,conjguation,conjjugation,conjuagtion,conjugaiton,conjugasion,conjugatino,conjugationn,conjugatoin,conjugattion,conjuggation,conjugtaion,connjugation,conujgation,ocnjugation
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of conjugation - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “conjugation”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-N-J-U-G-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌkɒnd͡ʒəˈɡeɪʃən/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “conjunction” - see the side-by-side comparison. conjugation vs conjunction
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.