# consumption

> English word · Noun · IPA /kənˈsʌmp.ʃən/ · frequency rank #3,933

## Definitions
1. The act of eating, drinking or using.
2. The amount consumed.
3. The act of consuming or destroying.
4. The wasting away of the human body through disease.
5. Pulmonary tuberculosis and other diseases that cause wasting away, lung infection, etc.
6. Alcoholism as it precipitates a person's death (especially of natural causes).

## Etymology
From Middle English consumpcioun, from Old French consumpcion, from Latin cōnsūmptiō, from cōnsūmō + -tiō, from con- (“with, together”) + sūmō (“take; consume”). Equivalent to consume + -tion.

## Common misspellings (18)
`cconsumption`, `cnosumption`, `connsumption`, `consmuption`, `conssumption`, `consummption`, `consumpiton`, `consumpption`, `consumpsion`, `consumptino`, `consumptionn`, `consumptoin`, `consumpttion`, `consumtpion`, `consupmtion`, `conusmption`, `cosnumption`, `ocnsumption`

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