# division

> English word · Noun · IPA /dɪˈvɪʒn̩/ · frequency rank #1,451

## Definitions
1. The act or process of dividing anything.
2. Each of the separate parts of something resulting from division.
3. The process of dividing a number by another.
4. A calculation that involves this process.
5. A formation, usually made up of two or three brigades.
6. A usually high-level section of a large company or conglomerate.
7. A rank below kingdom and above class, particularly used of plants or fungi, also (particularly of animals) called a phylum; a taxon at that rank.
8. An optional rank subordinate to the infraclass and superordinate to the legion and cohort; a taxon at that rank.
9. A disagreement; a difference of viewpoint between two sides of an argument.
10. A method by which a legislature is separated into groups in order to take a better estimate of vote than a voice vote.
11. A 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.
12. A set of pipes in a pipe organ which are independently controlled and supplied.
13. A concept whereby a common group of debtors are only responsible for their proportionate sum of the total debt.
14. Any of the four major parts of a COBOL program source code.
15. A lesson; a class.
16. A 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.

## Easily confused with
- **divisive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/division-vs-divisive)
- **divisions** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/division-vs-divisions)
- **divisional** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/division-vs-divisional)
- **Davison** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/davison-vs-division)
- **decision** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/decision-vs-division)
- **derision** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/derision-vs-division)
- **diversion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diversion-vs-division)

## Common misspellings (12)
`ddivision`, `diivsion`, `diviison`, `divisino`, `divisionn`, `divisoin`, `divission`, `divition`, `divsiion`, `divvision`, `dviision`, `idvision`

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