# corporation

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌkɔː.pəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ · frequency rank #2,524

## Definitions
1. A body corporate, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members.
2. The municipal governing body of a borough or city.
3. In Fascist Italy, a joint association of employers' and workers' representatives.
4. A protruding belly.

## Etymology
From Middle English corporacion, corporation, from Late Latin corporatio (“assumption of a body”), from Latin corporatus, past participle of corporare (“to form into a body”); see corporate.
(protruding belly): Perhaps a play on the word corpulence.

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

## Common misspellings (17)
`ccorporation`, `coproration`, `coropration`, `corpoartion`, `corporaiton`, `corporasion`, `corporatino`, `corporationn`, `corporatoin`, `corporattion`, `corporration`, `corportaion`, `corpporation`, `corproation`, `corrporation`, `croporation`, `ocrporation`

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