division
/dɪˈvɪʒn̩/
"division" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“division” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #1,451 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,451
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The act or process of dividing anything.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | division |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dɪˈvɪʒn̩/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #1,451 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “division” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for division is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /dɪˈvɪʒn̩/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,451 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 16 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for division, with forms such as "ddivision", "diivsion", and "diviison". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "divisive", "divisions", "divisional", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English divisioun, from Old French division, from Latin dīvīsiō, dīvīsiōnem, noun of process form from perfect passive participle dīvīsus (“divided”), from dīvidō (“divide”). Doublet of divisio. The correct English form is division, spelled D-I-V-I-S-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The act or process of dividing anything.
- 2Each of the separate parts of something resulting from division.
- 3The process of dividing a number by another.
- 4A calculation that involves this process.
- 5A formation, usually made up of two or three brigades.
- 6A usually high-level section of a large company or conglomerate.
- 7A rank below kingdom and above class, particularly used of plants or fungi, also (particularly of animals) called a phylum; a taxon at that rank.
- 8An optional rank subordinate to the infraclass and superordinate to the legion and cohort; a taxon at that rank.
- 9A disagreement; a difference of viewpoint between two sides of an argument.
- 10A method by which a legislature is separated into groups in order to take a better estimate of vote than a voice vote.
- 11A florid instrumental variation of a melody in the 17th and 18th centuries, originally conceived as the dividing of each of a succession of long notes into several short ones.
- 12A set of pipes in a pipe organ which are independently controlled and supplied.
- 13A concept whereby a common group of debtors are only responsible for their proportionate sum of the total debt.
- 14Any of the four major parts of a COBOL program source code.
- 15A lesson; a class.
- 16A parliamentary constituency.
Etymology
PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English divisioun, from Old French division, from Latin dīvīsiō, dīvīsiōnem, noun of process form from perfect passive participle dīvīsus (“divided”), from dīvidō (“divide”). Doublet of divisio.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddivision,diivsion,diviison,divisino,divisionn,divisoin,divission,divition,divsiion,divvision,dviision,idvision
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of division - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “division”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-I-V-I-S-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /dɪˈvɪʒn̩/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “divisive” - see the side-by-side comparison. division vs divisive
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.