# defection

> English word · Noun · IPA /dɪˈfɛkʃən/ · frequency rank #32,346

## Definitions
1. An act or incidence of defecting.

## Etymology
From Latin dēfectiō (stem dēfectiōn-).

## Easily confused with
- **deletion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/defection-vs-deletion)
- **defector** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/defection-vs-defector)
- **direction** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/defection-vs-direction)
- **detection** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/defection-vs-detection)
- **detention** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/defection-vs-detention)
- **defective** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/defection-vs-defective)
- **depiction** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/defection-vs-depiction)
- **deflation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/defection-vs-deflation)
- **desertion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/defection-vs-desertion)
- **deflection** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/defection-vs-deflection)
- **deception** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deception-vs-defection)
- **deduction** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deduction-vs-defection)

## Common misspellings (14)
`ddefection`, `deefction`, `defcetion`, `defecction`, `defeciton`, `defecsion`, `defectino`, `defectionn`, `defectoin`, `defecttion`, `defetcion`, `deffection`, `dfeection`, `edfection`

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