# conversation

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌkɒn.vəˈseɪ.ʃn̩/ · frequency rank #1,816

## Definitions
1. Expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people; also, a set instance or occasion of such talking.
2. The back-and-forth play of the blades in a bout.
3. The protocol-based interaction between systems processing a transaction.
4. Interaction; commerce or intercourse with other people; dealing with others.
5. Behaviour, the way one conducts oneself; a person's way of life.
6. Sexual intercourse.
7. Engagement with a specific subject, idea, field of study etc.

## Etymology
From Middle English conversacioun, from Old French conversacion and its etymon, Latin conversātiōnem, accusative singular of conversātiō (“conversation”), from conversor (“abide, keep company with”). Doublet of conversazione.
Morphologically converse + -ation.

## Easily confused with
- **conversion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conversation-vs-conversion)
- **conversational** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conversation-vs-conversational)
- **conservation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conservation-vs-conversation)
- **condensation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/condensation-vs-conversation)

## Common misspellings (19)
`cconversation`, `cnoversation`, `conevrsation`, `connversation`, `converastion`, `converrsation`, `conversaiton`, `conversasion`, `conversatino`, `conversationn`, `conversatoin`, `conversattion`, `converssation`, `converstaion`, `convesration`, `convresation`, `convversation`, `covnersation`, `ocnversation`

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