# curation

> English word · Noun · IPA /kjəˈɹeɪʃən/ · frequency rank #45,307

## Definitions
1. The act of curating, of organizing and maintaining a collection of artworks or artifacts.
2. The act of curing or healing.
3. The manual updating of information in a database.
4. The selective assembly and presentation of information.

## Etymology
From Middle English curacioun, curacion, from Old French curacion, from Latin cūrātiō.

## Easily confused with
- **Curtin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curation-vs-curtin)
- **curator** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curation-vs-curator)
- **curative** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curation-vs-curative)
- **cation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cation-vs-curation)
- **creation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/creation-vs-curation)
- **citation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/citation-vs-curation)
- **causation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/causation-vs-curation)
- **carnation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carnation-vs-curation)

## Common misspellings (12)
`ccuration`, `cruation`, `cuartion`, `curaiton`, `curasion`, `curatino`, `curationn`, `curatoin`, `curattion`, `curration`, `curtaion`, `ucration`

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