# coronation

> English word · Noun · IPA /kɒɹəˈneɪʃn̩/ · frequency rank #15,993

## Definitions
1. An act of investing with a crown; a crowning.
2. An act of investing with a crown; a crowning.
3. A completion or culmination of something.
4. A success in the face of little or no opposition.
5. In the game of checkers or draughts: the act of turning a checker into a king when it has reached the farthest row forward.

## Etymology
From Late Middle English coronacion, coronacioun (“crowning of a sovereign or his consort; powers conferred by this ceremony; crowning of the Virgin Mary; (figuratively) placing of a crown of thorns on Jesus; act of rewarding a person with eternal life, happiness, honour, etc.”) [and other forms], borrowed from Anglo-Norman coronacion and Old French coronacion, coronation, from Late Latin *corōnātiōnem, from Latin corōnō (“to coronate, crown (with a crown, garland, etc.)”) + -ātiōnem (suffix forming nouns relating to actions or their results). Corōnō is derived from corōna (“garland, wreath; crown”).

## Easily confused with
- **corporation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coronation-vs-corporation)
- **carnation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carnation-vs-coronation)
- **coloration** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coloration-vs-coronation)

## Common misspellings (15)
`ccoronation`, `coornation`, `cornoation`, `coroantion`, `coronaiton`, `coronasion`, `coronatino`, `coronationn`, `coronatoin`, `coronattion`, `coronnation`, `corontaion`, `corronation`, `croonation`, `ocronation`

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