# creation

> English word · Noun · IPA /kɹiˈeɪʃən/ · frequency rank #2,664

## Definitions
1. Something created such as an invention or artwork.
2. The act of creating something.
3. All which exists.

## Etymology
From Middle English creacion, creacioun, creation, from Old French creacion (French création), from Latin creātiō, creātiōnis; equivalent to create + -ion. Displaced native Old English ġesċeaft.

## Easily confused with
- **creator** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/creation-vs-creator)
- **creative** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/creation-vs-creative)
- **Croatian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/creation-vs-croatian)
- **curation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/creation-vs-curation)
- **cremation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/creation-vs-cremation)
- **cation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cation-vs-creation)
- **creating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/creating-vs-creation)
- **citation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/citation-vs-creation)
- **creatine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/creatine-vs-creation)
- **carnation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carnation-vs-creation)

## Common misspellings (12)
`ccreation`, `ceration`, `craetion`, `creaiton`, `creasion`, `creatino`, `creationn`, `creatoin`, `creattion`, `cretaion`, `crreation`, `rceation`

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