# cushion

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkʊʃən/ · frequency rank #13,316

## Definitions
1. A soft mass of material stuffed into a cloth bag, used for comfort or support.
2. A soft mass of material stuffed into a cloth bag, used for comfort or support.
3. A soft mass of material stuffed into a cloth bag, used for comfort or support.
4. Something acting as a cushion, especially to absorb a shock or impact.
5. Something acting as a cushion, especially to absorb a shock or impact.
6. Something acting as a cushion, especially to absorb a shock or impact.
7. Something acting as a cushion, especially to absorb a shock or impact.
8. Something acting as a cushion, especially to absorb a shock or impact.
9. Something acting as a cushion, especially to absorb a shock or impact.
10. Something acting as a cushion, especially to absorb a shock or impact.
11. a sufficient quantity of an intangible object (like points or minutes) to allow for some of those points, for example, to be lost without hurting one's chances for successfully completing an objective.
12. a sufficient quantity of an intangible object (like points or minutes) to allow for some of those points, for example, to be lost without hurting one's chances for successfully completing an objective.
13. The dancer in the cushion dance who currently holds the cushion, or the dance itself.

## Etymology
From Middle English quysshyn, from later Old French coissin (modern coussin), from Vulgar Latin *coxīnus (“seat pad”), derived from Latin coxa (“hip, thigh”) (with the suffix possibly after Latin pulvīnus (“pillow”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *koḱs- (“joint, limb”).

## Easily confused with
- **cushions** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cushion-vs-cushions)
- **cushioned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cushion-vs-cushioned)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ccushion`, `csuhion`, `cuhsion`, `cushhion`, `cushino`, `cushionn`, `cushoin`, `cusihon`, `cusshion`, `ucshion`

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