# derision

> English word · Noun · IPA /dɪˈɹɪʒən/ · frequency rank #36,955

## Definitions
1. Act of treating with disdain.
2. Something to be derided; a laughing stock.

## Etymology
From Old French derision, from Latin dērīsiōnem, accusative of dērīsiō, from dērīdēre ("to mock, to laugh at, to deride").

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

## Common misspellings (12)
`dderision`, `deirsion`, `deriison`, `derisino`, `derisionn`, `derisoin`, `derission`, `derition`, `derrision`, `dersiion`, `dreision`, `edrision`

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