# construction

> English word · Noun · IPA /kənˈstɹʌkʃən/ · frequency rank #1,137

## Definitions
1. The process of constructing.
2. Anything that has been constructed.
3. The trade of building structures.
4. A building, model or some other structure.
5. A (usually non-representational) structure, such as a collage etc.
6. The manner in which something is built.
7. A group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase.
8. The act or result of construing the meaning of something.
9. The meaning or interpretation of a text, action etc.; the way something is viewed by an observer or onlooker.
10. A geometric figure of arcs and line segments that is drawable with a straightedge and compass.

## Etymology
From Middle English construccioun, construction, from Old French construction, from Latin cōnstructiō, from cōnstruere.
Morphologically construct + -ion.

## Easily confused with
- **contraction** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/construction-vs-contraction)
- **constructor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/construction-vs-constructor)
- **constructive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/construction-vs-constructive)
- **constructing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/constructing-vs-construction)
- **constriction** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/constriction-vs-construction)

## Common misspellings (20)
`cconstruction`, `cnostruction`, `connstruction`, `consrtuction`, `consstruction`, `constrcution`, `constrruction`, `construcction`, `construciton`, `construcsion`, `constructino`, `constructionn`, `constructoin`, `constructtion`, `construtcion`, `consttruction`, `consturction`, `contsruction`, `cosntruction`, `ocnstruction`

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