# diversification

> English word · Noun · IPA /dɪˌvɝsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ · frequency rank #21,777

## Definitions
1. The act, or the result, of diversifying.
2. A corporate strategy in which a company acquires or establishes a business other than that of its current product.
3. An investment strategy involving investing in a range of assets with differing features in order to reduce specific risk.

## Etymology
From Medieval Latin diversificatiō, from diversificātus, past participle of diversificō (“diversify”), from Latin diversus (“turned in different ways”) + faciō (“make, do”). By surface analysis, diverse + -ification.

## Common misspellings (23)
`ddiversification`, `dievrsification`, `diverisfication`, `diverrsification`, `diversfiication`, `diversifciation`, `diversiffication`, `diversifiaction`, `diversificaiton`, `diversificasion`, `diversificatino`, `diversificationn`, `diversificatoin`, `diversificattion`, `diversificcation`, `diversifictaion`, `diversiifcation`, `diverssification`, `divesrification`, `divresification`, `divversification`, `dviersification`, `idversification`

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