# decision

> English word · Noun · IPA /dɪˈsɪʒn̩/ · frequency rank #847

## Definitions
1. The act of deciding.
2. A choice or judgement.
3. Firmness of conviction.
4. A result arrived at by the judges when there is no clear winner at the end of the contest.
5. A win or a loss awarded to a pitcher.

## Etymology
Derived from Middle French, from Latin dēcīsiō, dēcīsiōnis, from dēcīdō (“to decide”).

## Easily confused with
- **Denison** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/decision-vs-denison)
- **division** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/decision-vs-division)
- **decisive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/decision-vs-decisive)
- **delusion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/decision-vs-delusion)
- **derision** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/decision-vs-derision)
- **decisions** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/decision-vs-decisions)

## Common misspellings (12)
`dceision`, `ddecision`, `deccision`, `deciison`, `decisino`, `decisionn`, `decisoin`, `decission`, `decition`, `decsiion`, `deicsion`, `edcision`

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