# distillation

> English word · Noun · IPA /dɪstɪˈleɪʃən/ · frequency rank #28,520

## Definitions
1. The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring out in drops.
2. That which falls in drops.
3. The separation of more volatile parts of a substance from less volatile ones by evaporation and condensation.
4. The separation of more volatile parts of a substance from less volatile ones by evaporation and condensation.
5. The substance extracted by distilling.
6. The transformation of a complex large language model into a smaller one.

## Etymology
From Middle English distillacioun, from Anglo-Norman distillacioun, from Latin distīllātiōnem, accusative of distīllātiō.

## Common misspellings (17)
`ddistillation`, `disitllation`, `disstillation`, `distilaltion`, `distilation`, `distillaiton`, `distillasion`, `distillatino`, `distillationn`, `distillatoin`, `distillattion`, `distilltaion`, `distlilation`, `disttillation`, `ditsillation`, `dsitillation`, `idstillation`

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