# devotion

> English word · Noun · IPA /dɪˈvəʊʃən/ · frequency rank #10,677

## Definitions
1. The act or state of devoting or being devoted.
2. Religious veneration, zeal, or piety.
3. A prayer (often found in the plural).
4. Religious offerings; alms.

## Etymology
From Old French devocion, from Latin dēvōtiō, from dēvōtum + -tio, from the supine of dēvoveō (“vow, devote”); equivalent to devote + -ion.

## Easily confused with
- **devotional** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devotion-vs-devotional)
- **deletion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deletion-vs-devotion)
- **Devonian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devonian-vs-devotion)
- **demotion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/demotion-vs-devotion)
- **deviation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deviation-vs-devotion)
- **devolution** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devolution-vs-devotion)

## Common misspellings (12)
`ddevotion`, `deovtion`, `devoiton`, `devosion`, `devotino`, `devotionn`, `devotoin`, `devottion`, `devtoion`, `devvotion`, `dveotion`, `edvotion`

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