# detection

> English word · Noun · IPA /dɪˈtɛk.ʃən/ · frequency rank #6,461

## Definitions
1. The act or process of detecting, uncovering, or finding out, the discovery of something new, hidden, or disguised.
2. Synonym of accusation, the exposure of concealed information about a crime or heresy.
3. The act or process of finding or detecting an electrical signal in a carrier wave.

## Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin dētēctiōnem. By surface analysis, detect + -ion.

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

## Common misspellings (14)
`ddetection`, `deetction`, `detcetion`, `detecction`, `deteciton`, `detecsion`, `detectino`, `detectionn`, `detectoin`, `detecttion`, `detetcion`, `dettection`, `dteection`, `edtection`

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