# duplication

> English word · Noun · IPA /djuː.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ · frequency rank #23,518

## Definitions
1. The act of duplicating.
2. A duplicate.
3. A folding over; a fold.
4. The act or process of dividing by natural growth or spontaneous action.
5. The act of copying a nucleotide sequence from one chromosome to another.
6. A nucleotide sequence copied through such a process.

## Etymology
From Middle English duplicacioun, from Middle French duplication, from Late Latin duplicātiō, duplicātiōnem, from Latin duplicō. Morphologically duplicate + -ion.

## Common misspellings (17)
`dduplication`, `dpulication`, `dulpication`, `dupilcation`, `duplciation`, `dupliaction`, `duplicaiton`, `duplicasion`, `duplicatino`, `duplicationn`, `duplicatoin`, `duplicattion`, `dupliccation`, `duplictaion`, `dupllication`, `dupplication`, `udplication`

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